• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    The colors in the key don’t even match the colors in the graph, is this just AI generated garbage or do you have actual sources to go with it?

    • Skaudottir@piefed.social
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      It’s from the YouTube channel How Money Works. Seems like the title of the video is in the left corner. I agree the colours aren’t great, but the channel is good.

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        That’s cool. I hate that we have to vet every piece of media through the ‘is this AI?’ lens now, but glad to hear it’s legitimate.

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    A friend of mine was in this situation once. He had an LLC that was making good revenue but all of it was being used to grow the business. I don’t know if the laws are still the same, but back then because it was a single owner LLC all the profit counted as income for my friend. On paper he was making loads of money, but in practice he was still eating ramen and renting a small apartment.

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      When you invest money back in the company that’s either R&D or capital expenditure, both are tax deductible and don’t count as profit.

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      Yet, he was building capital. If you try to put away as much money as possible by living as frugally as possible, that does not make your financial situation ‘bad’.

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      My last boss was a bit like this.
      He owned a small company with 7 employees, paid himself less than he paid us, and was in more debt than his house was worth.
      So on paper he had less income and a lower net worth than me.

      But he still lived in a big house while I was renting.
      And the company was growing as well.
      I still wouldn’t want to trade places with him.
      I like my 30 days off plus sick days, where I can turn my phone off.

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    You can’t, with this much of tax, with this capitalist view of maximizing profit, you can’t. Just find the cheapest place, walk around. Eat there