# Why all the hate for Branson and Bezos, and their forays into space travel?

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**Post date:** [July 22, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-hate-for-branson-and-bezos-and-their-forays-into-space-travel/946916/91 "2021-07-22T17:59:36Z")

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> [@snowthx](#):
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> Honest question: how does someone like that pay for housing (presumably, he purchased a house(s) at some point), food, travel? Does he have any cash in his wallet? How’d he pay for the space joy-ride? He must have sold-off some stock, which would put him on the radar of the tax-man, right?⠀

He doesn’t necessarily have to sell off stock. The ultra-wealthy have no shortage of tools at their disposal to weasel around regulations meant for chumps like us. Check out [this post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/super-rich-how-does-this-tax-avoidance-strategy-work/944029/14), and if you really want, that whole thread as well — it’s a great discussion of this subject matter.

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