He is speaking in percentages not absolute funds. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/04/amazon-had-to-pay-federal-income-taxes-for-the-first-time-since-2016.html
I left and haven’t looked back. Honestly with the consistent growth of lemmy there’s been now need.
I’d reccomend the Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor.
First person narrative that fully embraces its main character as an engineering superstar with galactic level influence.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/192752-bobiverse