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   Samuel Spade  wrote in   
   news:dl8ghkhl5n80c7hl21s6241qo69trbmj49@4ax.com:   
      
   > Attila  wrote:   
      
   >> What do you think these magical billionaires with all of   
   >> this extra money does with that money?   
   >>   
   >> If Gates knew he would pay most of his profits in taxes   
   >> would he have bothered to start Microsoft and thus make the   
   >> millions of PC's possible leading to the internet?   
   >   
   > "Most of his profits"?  I doubt that.   
      
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   AI Overview   
      
   Microsoft was founded on April 4, 1975, by Bill Gates and Paul Allen   
      
   . At that time, the top marginal U.S. federal individual income tax rate   
   was 70%. This rate applied to income over a certain threshold, while   
   lower income brackets were taxed at progressively lower rates.   
      
      
   > But no, I'm pretty sure Gates   
   > doesn't regret his career choice, or becoming a billionaire and paying   
   > taxes, or retiring to a life of philanthropy and improving the lives   
   > of the poorest on the planet, while you and I spend our dotage arguing   
   > on Usenet.  He is to be admired for that.   
      
   /Snark   
   >   
   > Gates also did a great community service by putting 5G nanobots in the   
   > mRNA vaxes so Deep State could track Magites.   
   >   
   /end snark   
      
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