Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by evandale on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @02:56PM
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I firmly believe Musk, Gates, and Buffet to name a few do more good with their money than if any government got their hands on it. Not all the billionaires are bad.
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Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by Johnny555 on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:25PM
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I firmly believe Musk, Gates, and Buffet to name a few do more good with their money than if any government got their hands on it. Not all the billionaires are bad.
A side effect of a wealth tax is that instead of wealthy people building wealth that's just going to be taxed away, it would incentivize funding charitable foundations like the Gates Foundation. Bill Gates has done a lot of good with his foundation, but that doesn't meant that one person should control that much money.
Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by cute_boi on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:13PM
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Looks like you need to look Shenanigans done by Musk, Gates etc. I don't know that much about Warren Buffet, but the main point is when you are billionaries you can earn kindness etc.. They hire PR agency so that gullible people like them.
They are really not better than government because these people are the one who lobbies government to vest their selfish desires.
Re:Coinbase lays off around 1,100 employees
by phaistra on Tuesday June 14, 2022 @03:40PM
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> Looks like you need to look Shenanigans done by Musk, Gates etc
You should check out the shenanigans that the US government gets away with. Whatever bad things Musk, Gates and crew is small fry compared to the government.