Re:Ask HN: Would you make every country have a wealth tax li...
by muzani on Wednesday January 15, 2025 @10:37PM
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The ones we want more of. None are perfectly ethical and none are fair.
Microsoft/Bill Gates is a good example. Without MS, we'd have open source and stuff like that. But it's just nice to have Windows, MS Office, less polio. People like Warren Buffett stabilize the economy, while people like Soros destabilise it. Nearly all the Big Tech ones are pretty good - they pay wages as high as possible.
Most are law abiding. Most of them actually want higher taxes but also want their competitors to be paying them as well. Bezos gets slack for dodging taxes, but he does it legitimately - most profits are reinvested and they actually pay good salaries even if they overwork their staff.
Microsoft/Bill Gates is a good example. Without MS, we'd have open source and stuff like that. But it's just nice to have Windows, MS Office, less polio. People like Warren Buffett stabilize the economy, while people like Soros destabilise it. Nearly all the Big Tech ones are pretty good - they pay wages as high as possible.
Most are law abiding. Most of them actually want higher taxes but also want their competitors to be paying them as well. Bezos gets slack for dodging taxes, but he does it legitimately - most profits are reinvested and they actually pay good salaries even if they overwork their staff.