For most people, passive income is a bit of extra pocket change that requires minimal effort to earn to supplement a main source of income. For Steve Ballmer, it’s $1 billion.
  • Twentytwodividedby7@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    ITT: a bunch of people who don’t understand how dividends work on stock ownership. He’s not collecting a salary, Microsoft is not actively paying him, he’s just an investor who owns a shit ton of stock.

    • Kiwi@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Or, a bunch of people who are over the inequality in our world regardless of how the person comes by the money.

      I don’t care if Microsoft pays him a salary or not, hoarding that much wealth is a mental illness that can only be cured by a guillotine