Bill Gates believes in higher taxes for the rich

#BillGates says that he does believe taxes should be higher for the ultra-wealthy such as himself, sharing on #TODAYShow, "If I were in charge of the tax system, I would have paid a lot more in taxes."

[davidleonard]

Philanthropy is a tax incentive for rich people. They can offset their taxes against donations.

[paulgilles]

What stopped him from giving the govt more? All talk and no action. This guy has done everything he can to avoid paying taxes.

[jimbojimbo]

They do realise all the rich people would just leave right?

[brandontong]

This guy looks like Freddy Kreuger w/out his make-up !!!

[davidkaplan]

Nobody is stopping you from paying extra in taxes…. And philanthropy is incredibly inefficient vs. building the infrastructure for equity in our society.

[cummins-rcmx]

Then give your money away! Go call the gov and write a check.

[miadamn]

If you want share your money, just give it to other non profit organisations that help people instead politicians .

[Pigpenthemagnificent]

Nobody is stopping you from voluntarily giving most of your income to the IRS Billy! If you think you should pay more, then DO it!

[ST-rjiu]

Bill, why are you so rich then? Give your money away. Start your own projects.

[calmthesoul]

Taxing the rich more is a stupid policy. Rich people are rich (partly, at least) because of they figured out ways to avoid expenses like higher taxes. The result will always be more cost to the consumer and/or less products, less jobs, and lower wages.

[chrisbarnes]

Government just needs to spend less full stop

[vaibhavagarwal-jg]

Ok start by giving me all my tax money back and i will pay for you Mr. Gates

[Francis-hb]

Well just pay more! Who is stopping u?

[t.l]

Bernie sanders is a such a fool man. Can’t believe I used to take him seriously.

[l.austin]

This man should not feel safe moving around with the things he is saying smh

[spete]

Yea, give the government more money. They know how to spend it better than we do. Tax when we earn it, save it, buy something, use services, get gas for your car, own your home. But now, tax more when we die....
Solve the deficit? Make the government spend less and give away less of our money.

[davidalexander]

Go ahead and pay for Ukraine and all the illegal immigrants

[naumannauman]

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[Jon-kv]

What a liar! The amount of staff he will have, finding new ways to avoid tax. Please just be honest. Aren't a lot of the "charity" funds, these people create, just ways to avoid paying tax? The Super rich would never pay tax, if they could get away with it. Greed rules the World.

[iSlides]

This dude is a liar. No shot he’d pay more in taxes or he’d be doing it even if he didn’t have too. This guy is a demon.