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[–] Synthead 81 points 1 year ago (2 children)

A single good thing that a single billionaire has done? The Gates foundation fighting malaria. I think that's good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Taxing them would do even more good.

[–] TheDarkKnight 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is the topic of the thread called “Should we tax billionaires” or was it “I dare you to name one good thing a billionaire has done”?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Tax what though? There's no profit to tax.

[–] Synthead 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

Sure but, considering they use only 5% of the money they have for all there "good" projects and invest the ither 95% in fossil fuels. The gates Foundation is really only a little good because the law forces them to use min of 5%, to stay tax exempt. So if they didn't have to, would they still do it? I doubt that.