> And I'm a person who agrees with Gates' larger position on the wealthy benefiting more from society and thus owing more. I just think that the extent to which

> And I'm a person who agrees with Gates' larger position on the wealthy benefiting more from society and thus owing more. I just think that the extent to which society can ever expect people to contribute back, is the extent to which we set via tax rates [1]. If someone is a billionaire and they do not voluntarily give away any money, they are a despicable person plain and simple. Not because they don't meet my qualifications for how much to give, but because their reaction to having enough wealth to last a thousand lifetimes is to do nothing positive for the lives of others, That just makes you a disgusting person in my mind.