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Bill Gates Interview w/ Spiegel
DaVinciXL writes "Bill Gates just gave the German magazine "Spiegel" an interview which can be read (in English) on the magazine's website. Gates speaks about issues of computer security, competition, software bundling and how he lives with the downsides of his wealth and fame." He does a pretty good job of answering a lot of hard questions.
the quotes may have been added for grammatical reasons in the final product. He might not have specified them during the interview, leading Big Bill to say that.
if you know anything about how he gets his money, most of it isn't taxable. his actual salary is quite modest, as a great deal of it used to be in options in the company.
he could easily not pay any taxes rather than give 30 billion dollars. People who say he gives that much just for tax write offs obviously have no idea how taxes work in this country.
He could give just a million or so a year to avoid most of his taxes, so I ask you this, why the 30 billion dollars???