Elon Musk’s net worth soared by $140 billion in 2020. Jeff Bezos added $75 billion and Bill Gates a mere $20 billion. By one calculation, the country’s billionaires pocketed $1.1 trillion! Think they can afford to start paying their fair share of taxes?
While you’re here enjoying DonkeyHotey’s latest cartoon, please take a moment to read these articles on related topics:
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- Other DonkeyHotey cartoons
The cartoon above was created by DonkeyHotey for WhoWhatWhy from these images: Jeff Bezos caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), Elon Musk caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), Bill Gates caricature (DonkeyHotey / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), body 1 (Seth Sawyers / Flick – CC BY 2.0), body 2 (Virginia State Parks / Flick – CC BY 2.0), body 3 (Jason Pratt / Flick – CC BY 2.0), burning money 1 (Purple Slog / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), burning money 2 (Purple Slog / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), burning money 3 (Mussi Katz / Flickr), bundles (Barta IV / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), hundred (Pictures of Money / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), smoking arm (Indi Samarajiva / Flick – CC BY 2.0), Diet Coke (Beau / Flickr – CC BY 2.0), background (Joshua Tree National Park / Flickr).
Related front page panorama photo credit: Adapted by WhoWhatWhy from Stuart Rankin / Flickr and Alliance for Excellent Education / Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).
