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1. U.S. Politics in Real Time (uspolitics@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 16:32:38 JST U.S. Politics in Real Time

   Bill Gates thinks super-wealthy should pay more tax — and he's not alone

   https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-thinks-wealthy-pay-more-tax-some-rich-agree-2024-1?amp&utm_source=reddit.com

   #BillGatesTaxReform #WealthyTaxation #IncomeInequality #ProgressiveTaxation #EconomicJustice #TaxFairness #Politics #News

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 16:31:42 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Sean
     • Emily Kemper

     @Sean @greendesignek @uspolitics People who are a force for good in the world would never do the things it takes to become a billionaire in the first place.

   • Sean (sean@liberal.city)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 16:32:27 JST Sean

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     @uspolitics the billionaires could be a force for good in the world, nothing but themselves hold them back from delivering on their philanthropy yet what occurs is their wealth continue to be ever more concentrated and their crocodile tears about how they are really in favor of making the world better but gosh gee they just can't seem to stop making billions while the world degrades from their decisions.

     They could do something, they choose not to.

   • Sean (sean@liberal.city)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 16:32:38 JST Sean

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     @uspolitics
     He's not funding lobbyists, consultants, and political organizations to affect change that he's saying he's in favor of. In fact the Melinda And Gates foundation has been instrumental in privatization of public schools and was the entity that clawed back the covid vaccine developed at Oxford University that went from patent-free to become intellectual property of Aztra-Zeneca.

     Elon Musk also claimed that he'd pay $9 billion to solve world hunger then 6 month later bought Twitter