Another bright idea by Bill Gates: Guy worth $59 billion, living in a $147 million mansion, wants to forcibly spread YOUR wealth around

The Robin Hood Tax - CNBC

The day after the Robin Hood protest, for example, Mr. Gates, the chairman of Microsoft and one of the world’s wealthiest men, presented a report to a closed-door meeting of the G-20 leaders that laid out his ideas on how rich countries could aid poor ones. One of his proposals was a modest tax on trades of financial instruments that could generate $48 billion or more annually from the G-20 countries.

The Richest People in America - Forbes

[1. Bill Gates, $59 billion]

Bill Gates' house - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bill Gates' house is a large mansion in the side of a hill overlooking Lake Washington in Medina, Washington. The 66,000 sq ft (6,100 m2) house is noted for its design and the technology it incorporates. It is nicknamed Xanadu 2.0.

In 2009, property taxes were reported to be US $1.063 million on a total assessed value of US$147.5 million