Re:Tech Billionaires Hack Their Taxes with a Philanthropic L...
by adventured on Sunday August 05, 2018 @03:36PM
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> I'm bewildered by the tone of this article.
It's a propaganda article that intentionally lies about what's occuring. It's very unlikely that the NY Times writer simply didn't understand anything about what they were writing on. The most plausible argument is that they're pushing an agenda and are willing to lie to do it. It's at least semi-widely believed that large foundation giving by eg Gates or Buffett (or any other billionaires), is a tax dodging scheme for their own benefit (as though they can freely spend billions in foundation money on themselves). You'll see those comments by the droves across forums when this topic comes up, despite the anti-logic, anti-factual nature of the claims. It's a sort of 'the rich are evil, even in charity' dog whistle for people that buy into that ideology (the Times writer is pitching to their base here).
It's a propaganda article that intentionally lies about what's occuring. It's very unlikely that the NY Times writer simply didn't understand anything about what they were writing on. The most plausible argument is that they're pushing an agenda and are willing to lie to do it. It's at least semi-widely believed that large foundation giving by eg Gates or Buffett (or any other billionaires), is a tax dodging scheme for their own benefit (as though they can freely spend billions in foundation money on themselves). You'll see those comments by the droves across forums when this topic comes up, despite the anti-logic, anti-factual nature of the claims. It's a sort of 'the rich are evil, even in charity' dog whistle for people that buy into that ideology (the Times writer is pitching to their base here).