Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
by PaulDavisThe1st on Sunday March 02, 2025 @11:38AM
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> Show us your commitment to fairness and decency.
25+ years writing open source software. Will that do?
Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
by renewiltord on Sunday March 02, 2025 @05:13PM
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Of course, I like that you did that. But it's not near fair enough considering people are starving. Bezos has given billions to charity. Will that do? Clearly not. So what you have done cannot suffice either.
Re:Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as working
by PaulDavisThe1st on Sunday March 02, 2025 @11:34PM
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I'm a believer in progressive taxation, and I think the principle applies here too. That principle is that the "burden" of taxation should be about the same for everyone, and in turn relies on the concept of the marginal value of money: for someone who earns 10k/yr, an extra 1k is a gigantic gain (or loss), but for someone who earns 10M/yr, an extra 1k is basically noise.
I'll leave you to fill in the rest of the story.
It's unsurprising that one conveniently draws the line at one's own wealth as decent and fair but it should also be unsurprising when others do the same with their own larger amounts.
The average Indian (the modal nationality in the world), as an example, must work 200 years to gain the wealth you did at the age of 33. Show us your commitment to fairness and decency. I am curious to see you achieve parity with him.