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He literally made his money via duty-free shopping, i.e. his profits come through tax avoidance. Great that he gave away his billions to people he decided wort
by learnstats2 9y ago
He literally made his money via duty-free shopping, i.e. his profits come through tax avoidance.
Great that he gave away his billions to people he decided worthy; a shame he didn't let democratically controlled governments decide.
- Aloha 9y agoa tax avoidance scheme that those democratically elected governments aid and abet.
- stronglikedan 9y agoA lot of people feel that democratically controlled governments don't handle funds very well.
- bluntfang 9y agoThen those people should choose to not accumulate wealth under governance systems that they don't agree with.
- learnstats2 9y agoA lot of people? Or, the few people who have accrued enough wealth that they no longer need government support - and can afford to purchase a large amount of available public messaging to say this. I find it literally impossible that a single person's decision could be a better way of allocating funds than a (proportional) government's decision.
- kyleblarson 9y agoAsk any 40 something American professional who has been contributing to Social Security their entire career knowing that the system will be completely insolvent when it's their time to use the benefit about government's ability to decide how to spend money.