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If you don't mind me asking, how'd you make 80k passively? Investments, properties, or a "passive" sass/tech product?

Stock market. Coronavirus was financially beneficial for the corporate portion of the upper middle class.

or the value of the dollar has dropped, which makes demand for equities higher (causing their price to rise).

You didn't create more wealth - the equities didn't become more productive (cept may be the tech companies did more this year and thus have a deserved rise in price).

You made 80k in dividends or appreciation in the value of your stocks? The latter is not usually considered as "income".

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