Bill Gates and his father are not poor or republican. They want to do away with any sort of tax relief for those who they feel should be returning the wealth to show gratitude for all they have been blessed with.
What this does end up doing is killing the family business that now has to liquidate upon the death of the founder, and the children and grandchildren are no longer able to continue the farm, the store, or the transportation company. Sell off the business before you die and Bill and Bill Sr. can rake in cash buying or doing the legal leg work on the deal. There are a bunch of M$ millionaires who give lavishly to causes. Taxes are another story for them though. Grubbing and scraping to not pay their share of infrastructure fees for the mcmansions and trouble they cause here. clay On 18 Aug 2008, at 11:32, andrew strasfogel wrote: > Donald, surely you jest! The Republicans WAY outnumber liberal > Dems in > the "filthy rich" class, but they are generally a lot quieter about > their > beliefs... > > On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Rich wrote: "So, these are 2 kinds of people who generally become >> polarized >> around their valid belief systems, and neither kind is gonna >> change the >> minds of the other though it does lead to lots of effort to try to >> do so. I >> have thought a lot about why a person falls into one camp or the >> other (or >> actively somewhere in between) and have some clues, but nothing >> definitive. >> (I note that some liberal friends of mine who have moved up into the >> Alternative Minimum Tax realm are rapidly developing more >> conservative >> thoughts when that little surprise bites them, or their wives like >> to spend >> that "excess" money on various things, or both.)" >> >> There is a third category that I am included in. I don't want to >> pay any >> taxes at all. NONE. BUT, I also want every service the >> government offers. >> I know I can't have it that way, but I really hate paying more >> than a third >> of my money to the government. >> >> (P.S. I am not really serious about not wanting to pay any taxes. >> I do >> think we need schools, and roads, and bridges, and social >> services, But I >> sure do wish I could pay less. >> >> I also think there are not that many barely rich liberals out >> there. The >> barely upper middle and the barely rich are the folks who are hit >> hardest >> with taxes. The ultra rich can invest in ways that keep them from >> paying >> taxes. Have you ever noticed some of the most liberal people >> around are >> also the richest? George Soros, the Kennedy's, Heinz, Edwards, >> etc. They >> want higher taxes, but take a look at Edwards investments. He is >> HEAVILY >> invested in tax free bonds. >> >> Donald H. Snook >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
