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Every time I read a story like this, I console myself with the fact that there are decent rich people out there like Warren Buffett, Mackenzie Scott, and George Lucas. (Bill Gates is on the fence; it's hard to forgive him for the Linux Wars.)


Every one of Buffet's "for the good of all" policy positions put money in his pocket.

For example, at least one of the BH insurance companies makes serious money from the estate tax, a tax that doesn't hit Buffet's estate....


Sounds like a win/win to me!


I'm a fan of Buffet, but you can easily say he is a 'bad' billionaire. He makes profits (and a lot of them) by pushing Coke and other unhealthy things on the masses. You could argue that buffet directly funds a significant percentage of diabetes cases in the world. You can say similar things about the others


Allowing unhealthy food to be produced seems like a problem our government should solve, not private industry. Businesses should be allowed to work within the confines of the boundaries we establish - i.e., the law.


They are allowed. And we are allowed to speak about what different people and organizations choose to do with their legal freedom.


Bill Gates also planned to cheat Paul Allen out of his Microsoft shares.

There's also the fact that he lied about his dealings with Epstein (Coffeezilla made a video on this).




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