He has a tough position but is it 637 times more valuable than the average worker? Why not cap the difference to 250, 100, 50. It’d still be enough for a lifetime
Zelensky’s family income totaled Hr 15,286,193 ($368,556) in 2024, including Hr 8,585,532 ($207,000) from the sales of government bonds. The remaining income consisted of the president’s salary, bank interest, and payments from renting out private real estate.
His actual salary is
Zelenskyy’s salary in 2024 amounted to 336,000 hryvnias ($8,200), according to the declaration.
So less than 20x the average salary. So sure, let’s cap the difference to 50x /s
I wasn’t comparing salary, income is income
Alright, so a successful actor should not own any significant amount of investments, got it.
I don’t get what you are getting
Your criticism is stupid.
It’s not and your reaction is out of place
Nah check the down votes.
If you are going to imply, a person shouldn’t make so much money, try to state clearly what’s wrong with the way he’s making money.
Maybe contrast it with other people… Oh hey some of my co-workers make more in salary than he does, and they are shitbirds doing shit work. Seems like he’s giving more value per dollar to his country than most people, so I guess not that.
Hmmmmm let’s make something up I guess /s
No, you get it, you’re just being a troll
Maybe it would be more understandable to communicate your unique style of thinking better instead of throwing around troll cards
I wasn’t comparing salary
He has a tough position but is it 637 times more valuable than the average worker?
The money he gets paid for his “tough position” is his salary. The rest of the reported family income is independent of the salary earned as the President.
You are comparing family income though, which probably also includes his wife’s.
That does need a correction, true
You’re being an ass. Income is not income. In fact, the sale of bonds and stocks is definitely not income, it’s the sale of an asset.
So, if I bought a car in 2020, and sold it in 2025, is that now purely income for me in 2025?
If you want to be finicky and count the sale of assets as income, you must subtract the original purchase price of that asset, and then the profit (or losses) from the sale can be regarded as income (or losses).
So stop being an ass. Everyone knows the sale of an asset is not income.
Cars are liabilities, not investments. Selling assets/investments makes capital income, yes, only from the profit. But you’re digressing.
I wonder why in a leftist discussion pointing out this flaw of income inequality is suddenly a source of anger. We know this shit. We’re trying to progress on income ratio limits, progressive capital taxes etc etc. If that’s ass it makes ass out of both of us.
Hazard pay for having to be in the same room as Trump.
Yuck, give him a raise!
Where did you get that number from? It doesn’t appear in the article. Not that I oppose your proposal mind you, on the contrary : I think 50 times is still way too much of a differential.
Some search engine result for average salary and using a calculator. Could be more or less, but the ballpark seems to be true.
For a lifetime? Sure. In what fucking planet is his “income” enough for a lifetime?
Firstly, if you sell assets, it’s not fucking income.
Secondly, the amount of money you made more than the average person doesn’t count for shit. if you make 1000x more than the average Zimbabwean does, that wouldn’t be enough for a lifetime. Of the 30% of Zimbabwes employed workforce, they make 250 dollars a month. Do the math on the average income per person (16,000,000)in Zimbabwe, that’s around 75usd per person per month. That’s 900 USD per annum, and 900k if you made 1000 times more than them. Now, show me where 900k is enough for a lifetime? No, 1 better, show me where 900k, after the sale of assets, that you had to buy with money at some stage, is enough for a lifetime.
This is some tiktok accounting for sure. You should get a job at DOGE. Because they all claim to be good with numbers, and then make shit up like this. How the FAQ do you budget at home?
The FIRE movement has done these calculations forever. Investment returns will surpass money spent with a safe withdrawal rate.
