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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

We wouldn’t need him to make these donations if he actually paid his fucking taxes is the thing though. And it’s significantly less.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

He paid all the taxes he had to. And they just went to America's favourite pass times: war and proxy genocides.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

“He paid all the taxes he had to” is such a ridiculous statement that I won’t be able to bring myself to take you seriously as a person anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you know something IRS doesn't?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yes, that there's no such thing as an ethical billionaire. I wonder what the computing landscape would look like if M$ hadn't spent three decades buying and closing every up and coming competitor they had.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

And doing everything in their power to ensure that open source technology wasn’t the standard anymore.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Well, raise that question with IRS then, because right now he's fair and square and you're talking bull shit.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Eh? Even if he paid a 50% tax rate throughout his life, he'd still be a multi billionaire.

And taxes in the US don't typically end up in the developing world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

“In fiscal year 2020 (October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020), the US government allocated $51.05 billion US dollars in economic and military assistance to foreign countries. Of this total, $39.41 billion dollars was spent on economic assistance, $25.64 billion of which was dispersed by USAID.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_aid

To say that the US doesn’t do foreign aid is just disingenuous. Also to assume that Gates only pays taxes in the US is also disingenuous.