except for thats apples and oranges. we can question some things MS has done in the past, most of it IMO is blown out of proportion (bundling IE for example should never have been an issue for example) bill gates and M$ has never stolen anything from me, so im not out anything based on his practices. he was a ruthless businessman no question
Any time you hear any rich person asking for more taxes ask them have they donated to the gov and not used any deductions they are entitled to.
and i dont blame them for not giving the government money it doesnt deserve. The same government that is giving guns to gangs accross borders, spying on all americans and people abroad, illegally detaining people. why would I want to help fund that more than i am obligated to?
the government is not there to help YOU. it should be but in its current form its only goal is to rape the people for their own good.
anti competitive business practices? are you talking about "bundling a web browser?" granted IE was shit but giving away something for free should not be against the law
not that I disagree with you in principle, but i just dont get all the jealousy against rich people. one day I hope to be one. perhaps if more people thought that way (like americans did until the past 20 years) we would be better off
they do. look at the total tax revenue brought in by "the rich" compared to the tax revanue brought in by everyone else
the top 1% of tax payers pay 38% of all income taxes yet only have a 20% share of total AGI. Furthermore, the top 50% of tax payers pay practically all of the nation’s federal taxes (97.3%) while commanding 87.25% of total AGI. This table from the IRS is the source for the often politically bantered argument that 47% of American income earners pay zero federal income taxes.
i never said that he was "great people" I simply said he is giving away more money of his own than anyone else is. its well known that bill gates was a d bag, but the point remains that he is doing more to help than most.
it shouldnt be about "what hurts you" that is horrible way of looking at it, its a jelous mind. It should be about how much help he has done for others. I wouldnt care of he had a trillion dollars, he still does more to help people than anyone else does financially.
Growing up in america, it was everyone dream to become rich, now it seems everyones dream is to shit on the rich... explain to me how that helps ANYTHING for ANYONE???
depending on the value of your next house, you very well may be able to. you seem to think this kind of thing is only for the ultra rich, if you are not writing off your expenses you got no one to blame but you
granted, im in favor of eliminating the IRS, and only having a tax on transactions, therefore none of this would even matter but by todays rules, if you buy a house for 200K and its only worth 100K, you can do the same thing ballmer is doing
you are aware he has *given away* some 26 BILLION dollars of his own money. just given away.
Gates, who has already donated in excess of $26 billion, is once again the richest person on the planet, according to Forbes Magazine's annual report on the richest people in the world
no one said anything of the sort. i think you need some meds or something dude. just because something is true doesnt mean that its true for ALL people of said group. for example check out the baseball pitcher in the little league world series.
Its not wrong to say boys play baseball and girls play softball, its true for 99% of the time in school aged kids.
get the sand out of your vagina, and stop playing the victim card because you someone ruffled your jimmies
if the team was not sold, would there be any tax revenue??? no. its still a net gain for the government (the same government who uses that money to abuse americans and people abroad)
Can we PLEASE stop acting like letting people keep their own money is somehow the same as the tax payers giving money to "the ev0l rich"???
and I disagree 100% with you on this cold. not everything, but this one I feel you are dead wrong
tell me cold, if you were in the NSA, and you were witnessing the constitutional wrong doings, and you had no legit way to get that information to the american public who rightfully deserved to know the abuses being done in our name??? not a trap i legitimately want to know how you would go about getting us the information in a way that, in your mind, does not make you a traitor (saying we dont need to know is not an answer)
he did, and to any normal american, he did the right thing
Id rather let everyone in the world know we were acting like assholes (we were, and still are) than you know, do nothing about the fact that we are assholes
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yeah, thats true. if theres one thing I hate gates for the most its the damn BSOD... and clippy
fair enough. i was only using baseball as an example because right now there is an amazing female pitcher in the little league world series.
OR....
or it gives them time to move over to the right lane as to avoid hindering a potential life or death situation
spider pig...spider pig....
bad troll. 0/10
except for thats apples and oranges. we can question some things MS has done in the past, most of it IMO is blown out of proportion (bundling IE for example should never have been an issue for example) bill gates and M$ has never stolen anything from me, so im not out anything based on his practices. he was a ruthless businessman no question
Any time you hear any rich person asking for more taxes ask them have they donated to the gov and not used any deductions they are entitled to.
and i dont blame them for not giving the government money it doesnt deserve. The same government that is giving guns to gangs accross borders, spying on all americans and people abroad, illegally detaining people. why would I want to help fund that more than i am obligated to?
the government is not there to help YOU. it should be but in its current form its only goal is to rape the people for their own good.
anti competitive business practices? are you talking about "bundling a web browser?" granted IE was shit but giving away something for free should not be against the law
not that I disagree with you in principle, but i just dont get all the jealousy against rich people. one day I hope to be one. perhaps if more people thought that way (like americans did until the past 20 years) we would be better off
the top 1% of tax payers pay 38% of all income taxes yet only have a 20% share of total AGI. Furthermore, the top 50% of tax payers pay practically all of the nation’s federal taxes (97.3%) while commanding 87.25% of total AGI. This table from the IRS is the source for the often politically bantered argument that 47% of American income earners pay zero federal income taxes.
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i never said that he was "great people" I simply said he is giving away more money of his own than anyone else is. its well known that bill gates was a d bag, but the point remains that he is doing more to help than most.
also true, but irrelevant. if you are borrowing money from someone else, you are at their mercy anyway.
it shouldnt be about "what hurts you" that is horrible way of looking at it, its a jelous mind. It should be about how much help he has done for others. I wouldnt care of he had a trillion dollars, he still does more to help people than anyone else does financially.
Growing up in america, it was everyone dream to become rich, now it seems everyones dream is to shit on the rich... explain to me how that helps ANYTHING for ANYONE???
and your an idiot like ballmer for paying double what something is worth
depending on the value of your next house, you very well may be able to. you seem to think this kind of thing is only for the ultra rich, if you are not writing off your expenses you got no one to blame but you
granted, im in favor of eliminating the IRS, and only having a tax on transactions, therefore none of this would even matter but by todays rules, if you buy a house for 200K and its only worth 100K, you can do the same thing ballmer is doing
Gates, who has already donated in excess of $26 billion, is once again the richest person on the planet, according to Forbes Magazine's annual report on the richest people in the world
no one said anything of the sort. i think you need some meds or something dude. just because something is true doesnt mean that its true for ALL people of said group. for example check out the baseball pitcher in the little league world series.
Its not wrong to say boys play baseball and girls play softball, its true for 99% of the time in school aged kids.
get the sand out of your vagina, and stop playing the victim card because you someone ruffled your jimmies
if the team was not sold, would there be any tax revenue??? no. its still a net gain for the government (the same government who uses that money to abuse americans and people abroad)
Can we PLEASE stop acting like letting people keep their own money is somehow the same as the tax payers giving money to "the ev0l rich"???
looks like he wont answer.....
Really?? Troll and flamebait?? For pointing out you cant trust banks either?? Wow
you are a retard if you trust anyone with your money these days. FTFY
Just earlier today was this http://yro.slashdot.org/story/...
good observation. I tend to agree that perhaps normal american was the wrong term
and I disagree 100% with you on this cold. not everything, but this one I feel you are dead wrong
tell me cold, if you were in the NSA, and you were witnessing the constitutional wrong doings, and you had no legit way to get that information to the american public who rightfully deserved to know the abuses being done in our name??? not a trap i legitimately want to know how you would go about getting us the information in a way that, in your mind, does not make you a traitor (saying we dont need to know is not an answer)
class action lawsuit by every american. it has to happen
he did, and to any normal american, he did the right thing
Id rather let everyone in the world know we were acting like assholes (we were, and still are) than you know, do nothing about the fact that we are assholes
much like the NSA
FTFY