• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    4 days ago

    Eh? Even if he paid a 50% tax rate throughout his life, he’d still be a multi billionaire.

    And taxes in the US don’t typically end up in the developing world.

    • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
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      4 days ago

      “In fiscal year 2020 (October 1, 2019 - September 30, 2020), the US government allocated $51.05 billion US dollars in economic and military assistance to foreign countries. Of this total, $39.41 billion dollars was spent on economic assistance, $25.64 billion of which was dispersed by USAID.”

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_foreign_aid

      To say that the US doesn’t do foreign aid is just disingenuous. Also to assume that Gates only pays taxes in the US is also disingenuous.