• Dagnet@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Neat part is that Bill Gates has been saying he wants taxes to increase for the ultra-rich, he is on board, if only all of them thought that way

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      7 months ago

      I wonder how quickly he’d change his mind if we also removed the ability to launder funds donate money for tax breaks from your bank account into your foundation’s bank account.

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      7 months ago

      Something tells me Bill is saying that publicly, then discreetly paying lobbyists to oppose such moves.

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        7 months ago

        Bill Gates is a higher class of billionaire. He funnels money through philanthropy and charities. Lonnie just lights it on fire. They are not the same. What I mean is that Billy Boy is doing exactly what you said because he’s much smarter than Lonnie.

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          7 months ago

          Yep. Gates came from Rich. Legit rich. Hence his education and upbringing and investor support early on. But he coupled it with, well, talent and appetite hence <gesticulates at the MS evolution and hellscape> eh overall… I prefer him to musk I guess?

          It’s a hard ask because SpaceX. Otherwise… fuck that guy.

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          7 months ago

          Bill Gates is a higher class of billionaire.

          And I’m sure there were some relatively nice nazis in WWII Germany. Still nazis.