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Recently, when hearing about Gates's health initiatives along with the US discussions about tax rates, I thought that if the government had taken significantly
by joshuahedlund 14y ago
Recently, when hearing about Gates's health initiatives along with the US discussions about tax rates, I thought that if the government had taken significantly more of Bill Gates's wealth through taxes, they probably would not have globally reduced diseases like malaria with those few billions of dollars as much as Bill Gates will with his own allocation. Not saying that's an argument against any higher tax rates, etc, but it's an interesting thought.
- hereonbusiness 14y agoInteresting thought, in 2009 the US government spent $139 billion on health research. http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/healthdollar09.pdf http://www.researchamerica.org/uploads/healthdollar09.pdf What if most rich people do not give a damn, and just keep all their money for themselves, where would medical research be then ?