Melinda > Bill
I am once again simultaneously glad this is happening and infuriated that we live in a world where it is necessary for people suffering to rely on the largess of billionaires.
“When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist.”
Sadly, even if that billion dollars was somehow taxed, the obstructionists in government would be sure to stop it from going to reproductive rights. So oddly enough a billionaire is the only way for this kind of good to happen.
in the United States*
There are other countries that manage taxes just fine.
But think of the tax implications for her and the congratulatory slaps on the back. See? The system works.
Donating to charity is bad then? Weird flex
Yay, a small portion of the taxes that the wealthy like her should have paid over the years that could have gone to the same thing but based on the decisions of society and not dependent on one wealthy person!
I agree that the insanely disproportionate taxes are causing more problems than donations are solving. However, as billionaires go, Bill and Melinda Gates are exceptionally philanthropic.
Indeed. Now she has only ca. USD$11B left over to survive with. She can buy only five, possibly six Sentinel ICBMs.
What We Want Now
!detroit@midwest.social ☆ !michigan@midwest.social ☆ !music@midwest.social$11B is her net worth prior to issuing the $1B donation. When was the last time you gave 9% of your net worth to a cause?
When was the last time you had USD$10B? Next you’re gonna defend Mackenzie Scott’s hard-earned USB$34B, I suppose.
What We Want Now
!detroit@midwest.social ☆ !michigan@midwest.social ☆ !music@midwest.social
Predictable comment section is predictable.
Should have created a charity to give out knee high socks or something, I guess. I dunno.
I knew when I read these comments people would be criticising her.
I’d like to understand how tax evasion works on Empire (aka USA)
