Well that’s a dumb thing to say.
That money was stolen from other people to start with.
This is like robin hood, but the rich guy steals from the poor and then gives part of it back to them so he pays less tax, which would have meant he gave more back to them…
This isn’t necessarily what the commenter was talking about but wage theft is estimated to be at about $50bil per year which is more than all other forms of property crime combined and it is rarely punished even when reported.
Maybe we shouldn’t be taking advice on lower income workers from billionaires who got rich by stealing their worker’s wages
While I don’t think any just society should allow anyone to be a billionaire, at least Bill Gates is giving away a lot of his wealth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Giving_Pledge
These “Foundations” are tax shelters.
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-ultra-wealthy-americans-use-philanthropy-to-avoid-taxation-2021-10?op=1
Well that’s a dumb thing to say. That money was stolen from other people to start with. This is like robin hood, but the rich guy steals from the poor and then gives part of it back to them so he pays less tax, which would have meant he gave more back to them…
You got conned bud
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I’m curious about this “stealing wages” idea. How have their wages been stolen?
The idea is all those profits should be fairly distributed among the workers rather than being taken by the capital that owns the company.
I absolutely agree, but it looks like the folks who work at Microsoft get compensated way better than the average worker: https://www.cordantwealth.com/microsoft/microsoft-compensation/
This isn’t necessarily what the commenter was talking about but wage theft is estimated to be at about $50bil per year which is more than all other forms of property crime combined and it is rarely punished even when reported.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/15/wage-theft-us-workers-employees