What does it mean that the two richest persons on earth now live in our city? It means a lot. First of all, there is no income tax in this state. It also explains why Seattle is the crane capital of the US. (The city actually has three world-historical billionaires, when we include Paul Allen.) Puget Sound Business Journal reports that Jeff Bezos, the CEO and founder of Amazon, is now the second-richest man on planet capitalism because his company "expanded its Middle East footprint" by purchasing Dubai-based e-commerce platform Souq ("market" in Arabic) the "Amazon of the Middle East." Bezos is now worth—in financial value, because no such wealth actually exists in the present and real world—$75.6 billion. Bill Gates is worth $80 billion. I'm worth $130,000, and though Bezos makes that kind of money in mere seconds, I'm still one of the richest persons on planet capitalism. Cry, my beloved earthlings.