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Old 09-22-2008
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Originally Posted by sck5 View Post
Bill Gates works 10 billion times harder than anyone else?

Give me a break.

And those guys on Wall St. walking away with $30 million. Did THEY work harder than the rest of us?

Maybe it was because they were so successful at what they do.
Maybe it was because they were so successful at what they do

I truly hope so. I hope I make what I make because I'm successful.

It helps me to carry the load for smucks that can't carry their own load.

We we talk about 'using' or 'costing' more - no Bill Gates doesn't use more as an individual than any other person. As an individual - it is the individual who is taxed.
If you really want to go for the GROSS cost of Bill Gates, Windows, et. al. - we'd be paying him for the services and productivity and technology he has brought us, not the other way around.
I truly hope taxes get based on success, worth and VALUE. Less VALUE in, more taxes out - let's chant that a while.
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