Bill Gates gives tick to carbon tax | Herald Sun
ONE of the world's richest men, Bill Gates, has given a tick to Labor's carbon tax.
Mr Gates, the founder of Microsoft who's holidaying in Sydney with his family, said someone had to lead on tough global issues and it had to be hoped that by setting a good example, others would follow.
"I wish the world at large found it easier to get together on this because a carbon tax is a very important tool to encourage the invention of low-cost energy technologies that don't emit carbon," he told ABC Television.
"To help that happen, a carbon tax really is a key piece."
...Not surprisingly, the typical monthly electric bill is also expensive — it averages $30000...Earlier this month, Mr. Gates broke down and bought himself a $21 million private jet.
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A challenge to Mr. Gates. Instead of knocking the pegs out from us little people you, Bill Gates, donate ALL of your accumulated wealth [skimmed from the little people, and sometimes more than skimmed, but I digress...] to this cause you value so much. That should help alleviate the burden on the rest of us. Mr. Gates, being such a wise genius, could then start all over. Anyone think he would accept this challenge? My guess is his response would be something like, "Well, let them eat cake then."
Bill, the best thing you could do is take 40 billion of your stash and just burn it! That way you and your inheritors wouldn't be tempted to spend it, because just about every single dollar you spend causes more CO2 to be created. Burn It Bill!
"I wish the world at large found it easier to get together on this because a carbon tax is a very important tool to encourage the invention of low-cost energy technologies that don't emit carbon," he told ABC Television.
Yeh, right! This from the man who would know? Heck, this is the guy that thought Apple was wasting its time with devices like smartphones and iPads. Bill Gates got stale resulting in Microsoft losing its advantage it had over Apple. Unlike Steve Jobs, Gates was no visionary genius. And he's certainly no expert to suggest Australia's carbon tax is a solution to climate change.
It's sad to see Bill Gates defending a policy that is contrary to the way the US built its strong economy and tackled problems that gave us solutions like the catalytic converter... through innovation, not taxation and regulation... through ingenuity and entrepreneurship ... not government wielding 'a stick' warning people to change or else.
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