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> create something worth $300B out of nothing Out of nothing? Would Zuckerburg been able to create Facebook if he was born and raised to subsistence farmers in
by zizee 11y ago
> create something worth $300B out of nothing
Out of nothing? Would Zuckerburg been able to create Facebook if he was born and raised to subsistence farmers in Afghanistan, and lived his adult life in Sheberghan?
The fact is, people living in advanced nations have had huge investments made in them by their communities/nations in the form of clean water, schools, roads, rule of law and a thousand other things. Citizen's are morally obligated to pay a fair amount of tax, and because Zuckerburg has been widely successful, he should contribute much more that the average joe, even if he doesn't consume enough for it to be "fair".
- haberman 11y agoI agree with that, but if successful entrepreneurs want to do charitable works themselves, I think they should have that freedom -- if not tax-free, then certainly at a much lower tax than if they were buying a fleet of private jets.