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My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth
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Re: My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth
#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gates has been advocating for higher taxes to people like him for a while.
Is anyone stopping him, et al, from just paying more? There's an option for that on US tax forms (though I'm guessing tax returns for billionaires are a little more complex than what a Form 1040 can handle).
It's not hypocritical to advocate for everyone like you to pay higher taxes, while not unilaterally paying higher taxes in the meantime.
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The interest alone on the US debt is $1 trillion a year. He’s giving away $200 billion in the same time the US will spend $20 trillion in interest.
Re: My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gates has been advocating for higher taxes to people like him for a while.
Is anyone stopping him, et al, from just paying more? There's an option for that on US tax forms (though I'm guessing tax returns for billionaires are a little more complex than what a Form 1040 can handle).
I would expect that he wants all billionaires to pay more taxes, not only himself.
Re: My new deadline: 20 years to give away virtually all my wealth
#25"virtually" wonder why it needs to be qualified like this.
Maybe because he promised his kids a few million, or fail to give it away on his terms, and he doesn't want to be nagged about it.
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#26Last time he pledged to give away half his wealth over x years didn't it basically tripple during that period?
The end goal isn't for him to be poor-ish but to do something supposedly useful with the money he has today.
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#29"virtually" wonder why it needs to be qualified like this.
Because there will probably be enough left at the end that for most would be wealthy beyond their richest dreams.
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#30How can u get some of this funding to do fundamental AI research?