AMA: Bill Gates

Re:AMA: Bill Gates by johnnyb9 on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:31PM (#19249650)

I agree they probably stop caring about their tax bill because they are billionaires. I find it disingenuous however to then look down the income ladder to people earning more than $1 million and including them in your “we don’t pay enough taxes” bucket.

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Re:AMA: Bill Gates by batmenace on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:55PM (#19249841)

It's not the same, but even if you are not a billionaire, there comes a point where giving relatively more of your added income serves a greater good (i.e. funding for gov't) than the money just being in your bank account. Once you make more than you need to keep up your lifestyle (at whatever level that may be) the suggestion to give back more is not unjustified.

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Re:AMA: Bill Gates by niij on Wednesday February 27, 2019 @12:28AM (#19261102)

The question is which is more effective at serving "the greater good": the government or charity? Or option #3: free enterprise, which creates jobs, goods, and services?

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