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You're falling for his scheme hook line and sinker.

He spends a minor portion of his extreme wealth on good causes and charitywashes his bad reputation into being a "good guy."

We then don't talk about the fact that we could go remarkably further on the same course if we took a much larger bulk of his wealth and put it toward similar objectives of reducing poverty, disease etc.

This is of course nothing new. Robber barons did the same thing, which is why there's a Carnegie Library in my town etc.



We then don't talk about the fact that we could go remarkably further on the same course if we took a much larger bulk of his wealth and put it toward similar objectives of reducing poverty, disease etc.

Who could? You and I could? The government could? Honestly asking, I don't really know what you're saying. If that money went to the government a very small percentage of it would be used to reduce poverty and disease. A much higher percentage of it would be used to fund the military.


wow you're right I guess better things just aren't possible.


It's possible. Like it's possible you will win the lottery tomorrow.

I wouldn't count on it though.


> He spends a minor portion of his extreme wealth on good causes and charitywashes his bad reputation into being a "good guy."

Bill and Melinda Gates have pledged 95% of their wealth to charity. So far, they have given away about $45B, and have a remaining wealth of about $110B -- even if they didn't give away any more than that, that's still over 30%, which I don't know if I'd consider a "minor portion".

How do you envision going significantly farther towards the objective of reducing poverty, disease etc than the Gates Foundation?


The relevant thing is that if the public sufficiently taxed gates' wealth, how it would be spent to reduce poverty and disease, would be democratically driven, instead of being driven by the interests and opinions of one man.


What's surprising is that he gave away 49% of microsoft which would have made him the first trillionaire at current valuations...

I hope that was given as stock to the foundation...

I cant even fathom those sums let alone giving them to charity and putting it to good use...




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