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		st3v3r on Sept 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: House Passes Employee Stock Options Bill Aimed at ... To be honest, if they can afford to work without being paid, they're probably fairly well off already.

throwaway2016a on Sept 23, 2016 [–]

Well based on this bill unless they are the CIO or CEO they can defer their taxes. Whereas I can't. Yet I have much less wealth than the other people. So the bill doesn't really help in my case. And being an early stage employee having an executive title is very common.

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