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there is nothing lucky about having Bill Gates control the massive monopoly rents he collected from us, rents that came at the cost of weakening and holding bac
by fsckboy 3y ago
there is nothing lucky about having Bill Gates control the massive monopoly rents he collected from us, rents that came at the cost of weakening and holding back (through artificially high prices) progress in microcomputers, a vital and nascent part of our industrial infrastructure.
And maybe billions spent swatting mosquitoes in fever swamps overseas is not the best public policy objective for us, so perhaps his tax deductions should not be able to now divert (through huge deductions) huge quantities of our taxes paid to his pet projects without any democratic consideration.