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> You realize you're talking about one of the highest-impact philanthropists in modern history, right?

Being a philanthropist shouldn't justify a low tax rate.



He is paying taxes, and even agrees with paying more.


That's just it; you can never placate people who want to expropriate everything (or close to everything) from others. It's just never enough.

Attempts to tax people at 70% in France (even if it was marginal tax) went south very quickly. Incentive matters a lot because good work is really really hard.

Funny enough Gates seemed alluded to this on some interview I watched a while back.




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