[winslow]

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

[ConcreteGidget]

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

[chii]

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).

[robjan]

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