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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:34 AM Original message |
bill gates, phoney philanthropist, cheap labor importer, monopolist, attacks teachers' pensions |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:40 AM Response to Original message |
1. One may disagree with where Gates has chosen to give |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. it sure does when the primary purpose of the "philanthropy" is to benefit the |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 04:54 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. if you're talking about benefitting financially |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. he supports the estate tax because he puts his into his tax-free investment & policy-directing fund |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. wow. what a crock. No, the inheritance tax is not |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. whatever you say, cali. 1 million = 50 acres at $20K/acre. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:25 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. really? You know that Gates' heirs will never pay |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:28 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. lol. because we all know bill gates is no corporatist: why, he's for the little guy! |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. actually, hannah, the bulk of inheritance taxes have historically |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Cali and Hannah |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:50 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Actually, Sr. has done quite a bit more than supporting the estate tax on paper and |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. didn't exempt the ones i know. they had to set up trusts to keep them. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. personal anecdotes |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 06:04 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. check back when gates finally kicks the bucket. |
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MedicalAdmin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
10. The blue screen of death |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-16-10 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
15. Why would a young person be "more motivated" to work in a field where his future is grim? |
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