Re:Is the new Zuckerberg fake charity an estate tax avoidanc...
by nightski on Friday December 04, 2015 @03:41PM
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I did not say his successes were his own doing. I was only commenting on the fact that it was implied he "owes" taxpayers. Sure he may owe a lot to other people, but to taxpayers in general? not so much in my opinion.
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Re:Is the new Zuckerberg fake charity an estate tax avoidanc...
by devsquid on Saturday December 05, 2015 @12:03AM
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One would hope the rich receive less benefits. You don't owe it directly to the tax payers, you owe it to your country as a whole. Again money does not come from nothing(well sort of, but what it represents lol). To think money you earn is money you deserve is very entitled and inaccurate.
Mark did receive extra benefits, he came from a family that was at the very least middle class or even at the very least American. This put him at a greater advantage then most of the rest of the country/world, an advantage he never earned from hard-work. It was just luck.
How is that "fair", well its not and the world is not "fair". That's why we have taxes, with the hopes they preform some for of wealth redistribution. Sadly wealth redistribution in the US is frowned upon and often not very well done.