Bill & Melinda Gates Talk Taxing The Wealthy

On the day of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's annual letter, Bill and Melinda Gates give their (admittedly biased) view on the proposed 70% marginal tax rate.

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[safir]

“I could pay 5000$ for a Gucci suit & people might think I’m cool, but if I were actually cool, Gucci would have paid me to wear it”

-Casually Explained

[ΒΞΔΝ]

Time to fire the guy who operates the applause sign.

[MusicCch]

I'm not really sure if he's rich, where are his airpods?

[martintaylor]

Bill hasn't changed his clothes since Windows 95 release.

[winslowcross]

"You're the second richest man in the world, right?"
"Well, we're trying to give it away faster."
AWESOME!

[JohanLingvall]

I live in Sweden and no Melinda, we really do not want more billionaires. If they were all like Bill Gates then maybe, but most likely, most of them will turn out more like Donald Trump.

[WillsThoughts]

Millionaires flex. Billionaires dont have to

[Gusha-cd]

The five minutes he was sitting there he already earned million dollars

[joeschf]

this would be a super interesting conversation if the crowd wasn't clapping like seals.

[sambringit]

Did audience think that Bill Gates will give them money if they clap more and more?

[scottiep]

Bill gates: so taxes

Audience: *thundering applause* whoo!!!

Gates: like I said, we should get taxed

Audience: *thundering applause*

Gates: *breathes*

Audience: *enormous applause* whoop yeah!!

[meganschleben]

Bill is always looking like he’s going to a good neighborhood with that sweater

[joelmiller]

Anybody else catch the "2009" annual letter?

[theeverydayalpha]

1:14 things are going very well like “PRODUCING childhood death”

[nawaredward]

When you become so rich that you start telling the goverment to tax you more, that's a life goal right there. Hats off to you for being so humble.

[dabbydabby]

After *Jeff divorce* Bill will be back on top as the Richest man in the world.

[hellobye]

Can they just stop clapping holy cowwww

[Neleh]

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE SAID “producing childhood death” THIS WHOLE WORLD IS DESENSITIZED.

[cnsjwjdbms]

He claims to be one of richest persons in world, yet we don't see any Airpods insight

[MrFantocan]

Can't say something bad, or my Windows Update gona fry my computer.