Maybe pay some fucking taxes first, Bill.
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I'm fairly certain he pays every last cent he government asks of him.
The problem is that the government has been unwilling to ask for more, and the current one certainly won't.
He has been advocating for higher taxes for while though, like backing the Washington Income Tax initiative with his father:
Bill Gates Sr., father of the Microsoft Corp. co-founder, and about two dozen other supporters of Initiative 1098 turned in 350,000 petition signatures Thursday in Olympia, many more than the roughly 241,000 required to get on the ballot. The campaign says it will turn in an additional 20,000 Friday. Gates said that it was time “to make our tax code fair for the middle class and small businesses.”
And that is exactly what he and his class makes sure of via their politics and clandestine political ~~bribery~~ lobbying efforts.
he has been milking that good will cow for decades
Plenury indulgences or a carefully structured set of trusts that he will hold shadow control of? Either way i suspect the man sees the wall coming and wishes to avoid being pushed up against it and shot.
Do it now motherfucker.
THIS. EXACTLY THIS.
Lol
Bullshit, he's "transferring" his wealth to his own charity for tax reasons...
It's a trick to protect his money for his children.
Not according to the opening sentence?
The Gates Foundation plans to give away $US200 billion ($313 billion) over the next 20 years before shutting down entirely in 2045
Sure. The Gates Foundation gives the money to the Totally Not A Tax Dodge foundation which quietly pays the Gates kids as much as they want. I'm sure it will be more elegant than that, but that's the basic grift.
Meanwhile, Gates uses his reputation as a philanthropist, and all the soft power from controlling billions to further his own interests and cement his personal philosophy as the only option.
The charity means that the American people have no control at all over how the money is spent, so the plebians have to beg at their door for money to be used in the way that Gates says it must be used.
I'll believe it when I see it. He's evil and always has been.
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I'm with you 100%.
Bill gates isn't actually going to do this....
Yeah
Like the idiots who think philanthropy is an acceptable compromise to a fair society.
You making yourself our enemy won't make us take your side.
I'm saying 'saving lives is good actually' and you declare me an enemy that "endorses capitalism and imperialism"
exhausting
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Bill Gates looks so old these days.
On the upside, he's 69 years old. Noice funny number.
That happens when you get old
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