http://techrights.org/2010/10/30/pr-imposed-inversions-by-gates/ Free Software Sentry – watching and reporting maneuvers of those threatened by software freedom Fri, 25 Nov 2016 09:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.14 http://techrights.org/2010/10/30/pr-imposed-inversions-by-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-103648 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 18:09:50 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=41283#comment-103648 It would not happen; You have to be slightly less influential (e.g. Madoff) to be candidate for this sort of treatment. What Madoff did is hardly different from what some other banks are doing, but just like Lehman he gets treated differently (one gets jail, the other gets bailout/handout). Don’t forget that many large companies have also ensured that they pay close to 0% tax, but they legalised it for themselves. Laws are not absolute, especially not enforcement.

]]> http://techrights.org/2010/10/30/pr-imposed-inversions-by-gates/comment-page-1/#comment-103646 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:15:57 +0000 http://techrights.org/?p=41283#comment-103646 CBS’s 60 Minutes had an interesting conversation with Bill Gates Sr. on this topic in their edition that aired on 10/31/2010. BG Sr. actually said that BillG Jr. _wants_ to pay taxes; which they then called him on, and at the end of the segment said Bill G. Jr. would have to pay taxes on his investments; though I find that hard to come by since he “gives” so much to B&MG Foundation. It’s probably his way of showing the world he can do what he wants without consequences unto himself – or at least attempting to. It’d be interesting if they got him on tax evasion though, wouldn’t it?

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