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Originally Posted by toretorden
I think one of the points the anti-socialists don't see in this thread is that in a more socialistic America, you guys would have more. Some of the millions that lil Wayne spent on getting diamonds in his teeth, Bill Gates spent on some mansion or hundreds of other rich people spent on their palaces would go to your health care, your kids education, your roads, your pensions and so on.
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Good point. Earlier in the thread JJJ pointed out that Warren Buffett and Bill Gates are the 2 richest men in America, and give a lot to charities and such.
I think it's worth pointing out that these men are both staunch Democrats, and thus, less likely to be big free marketers. I'm not sure with Gates, but I'm pretty sure Buffett is on record as referring to the current tax code as 'insane', and he feels it is his civic duty to pay a lot more, especially since he gets most of his from capital gains, and they're only taxed at like, 15%.