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Bill Gates is a horrible person. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by Maerman@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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So I just read Bill Gates' 1976 Open Letter To Hobbyists, in which he whines about not making more money from his software. You know, instead of being proud of making software that people wanted to use. And then the bastard went on and made proprietary licences for software the industry standard, holding back innovation and freedom for decades. What a douche canoe.

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[-] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

You can be a billionaire if you are willing to pay a million per month as taxes.

[-] benjhm@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

That's a rate of only 1.2% per year, was that your intention ?

[-] aeternum@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

oh man. Remember when the ultrawealthy were getting taxed like 80%? Those were the days

[-] PokerChips@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

There were a lot of tax write offs through incentives which was a good thing because it actually encouraged rich people and businesses to be proactively productive towards the public good.

So done right, they paid nowhere near the 80%. Of course there was abuse and loopholes.

And off topic and contrary to popular thought, Jimmy Carter was the one who started deregulation in this area. He was trying to get the economy moving again and was taking a "reasonable" approach. Reagan took Carter's idea and went on a heist with it to enrich buddies and doners

[-] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

No, if he is earning a billion a year that's too low. But most billionaire have familial wealth and might be earning a few millions in a month. I don't mind taking a million or two off of it even if he is not earning anything.