Bill Gates thinks the super-wealthy should pay more tax – and plenty of rich people agree
Bill Gates thinks the super-wealthy should pay more tax – and plenty of rich people agree
Bill Gates told the World Economic Forum that countries, companies and individuals who have the most "should be pushed to be more generous."
Bill Gates wants ultra-wealthy individuals to pay more tax — and now a growing chorus of billionaires agree.
In his annual "Ask Me Anything" forum on Reddit last year, the Microsoft cofounder said he was "surprised" that taxes for the rich haven't been increased more.
Gates doubled down on his calls to tax the rich in a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. He said the wealthiest nations should donate more money to developing countries to help redress inequality.
"Those who have the most — whether it's countries, companies, or individuals — should be pushed to be more generous," he said.
It seems others agree, as more than 250 ultra-wealthy people signed an open letter calling for global leaders to impose a wealth tax.
"i know you guys are upset at us fucking over all of you, but i assure you if you let us continue being petty tyrants with vast fortunes, we might give a marginally bigger sum of it back to the government, which will still spend it on whatever we tell it to anyway. win win!"
i don't want you to be more generous, i want you to be gone. if anyone proposed a plan that would actually affect them i doubt they would still support a wealth tax.
Imagine if a wealthy individual, who believes that the wealthy should be taxed more, actually used their wealth to take out TV commercials in all states/provinces advocating for the increase in taxes for the wealthy, actually trying to sway the political mindset in a big way with the power they have via their wealth.
Dear Bill,
the german government has a banking account where you can send them money, no questions asked. Feel free to send over your fair share of taxes you are avoiding by routing the Microsoft profits from Germany via Luxembourg and other tax havens.
Too late, compost these fuckers.
Oh, thank goodness the billionaires will save us from [checks notes] the billionaires.
But not him, he doesn’t have a lot of money. He donated all of it to charity which he is the founding member of and has an exclusive rights on using resources they have. Thus some money gets used yearly for charity, but significantly less than if it was taxed, the rest is kept for when he needs it. The most common way for rich to avoid taxation. So now every time you see some rich dude donating almost all of their wealth to charity… they are creating a banking institution without tax.
My nine year old: “My nails are sharp and they get stuck to my clothes”
Me: “You should cut them. Do you need any help?”
9 y.o.: “Please cut them even if I start crying”Sometimes people need their nails cut for them and you should be happy to oblige even if they start crying. Though I think Bill’s waning moment bribes are more convincing than offering to do chores.
Bill Gates should either shut his stupid fucking mouth or put his insanely exorbitant amount of money where that stupid fucking mouth is. Oh, he is a philanthropist and supports many causes and charities? No, he is an ultra wealthy individual who hordes his insane amount of wealth and has so much of it that he can casually drop seven plus figures in to any cause he wants, collect accolades from the public for it, and make that money back by the end of the fucking hour. Fuck bill gates
No one is stopping you from giving money to the government.
You can make a gift to reduce public debt here: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/23779454
You can donate to the U.S. Government here: https://www.pay.gov/public/form/start/708094624
For every one of him, there are probably thousands of neuvo riche and wannabe rich who say otherwise. It's an unfortunate truth.
The fox thinks that we need a stronger hen security doors installed and the weasels agree 👏
"should be pushed to be more generous"
Generosity my arse. Should be forced to pay their way. The rest of us cannot afford them.
I'm not rich and I also agree.
Take that money and talk and fund progressive politicians so we'll have systematic change.
This bullshit talk about paying more taxes is worthless.
"That's why I pay people to lobby the government to cut taxes for the wealthy." -Bill Gates, probably
Ah yes they'll be starting anytime now, soon.. Just wait...
I wonder if those billionaires that agree do so because they feel that the time are changing and people are done with getting ripped off.
Plenty don't which is why you've got the best government money can buy.
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Ive been hearing Mark to Market get tossed around as a viable means to tax non liquid wealth, what I think is gonna be the big fight is how to tax items of subjective valuations like art pieces, or how even to establish a standard procedure of assessment that can't be fudged for tax purposes
We’re way past that point now. Too little, too late.
They shouldn't pay less taxes if they don't exist in the first place
Then make it so. The rich "influence" everything else, why not make this one happen already. I double dare you.
Bill Gates should something about inequality in his own country. He only helped enable the tech dystopia we live in today. Him and his family practically live on another planet insulated from their evil. Security guards, elaborate compounds, multiple properties, and they want to go around in sweaters pretending they know how hard people have it while only focusing on other countries' plights. In order to help developing countries they steal wealth from their own countrymen in order to have pet projects so we the people don't see there's nothing behind their eyes only malice and hatred for their fellow man.
Bull fucking shit they do. They might say they want it, but not a single one of them is hiring lobbyists or donating to campaigns of politicians who would actually raise taxes.
Well what are we waiting for them?
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