Can we quit running billionaire's PR campaigns for them? These people are not our friends, and giving back a portion of what they stole (always in the most public way) doesn't change that

To his charity? Oh Bill, you shouldn’t have. Go fucking die billionaire scum…

Sorry Bill but it’s too late and not enough. I still want to eat the rich and that includes you.

Although I‘ll admit if all billionaires did this instead of - oh you know - investing in fascism and actively dismembering democracy globally I might feel different about this. But as things stand I am done with billionaires. We cannot coexist. Simple as that.

Bullshit, he's "transferring" his wealth to his own charity for tax reasons...

It's a trick to protect his money for his children.

Still leaves him with just over $1 billion, enough for his great great grandchildren to live comfortably forever. Don’t be fooled, this is about tax breaks, not charity. Once you have over a billion in wealth, you’ve won the game of life. There’s nothing you can’t buy, there’s nothing you can do.

Using all his money and influence to advocate taxing the super rich significantly would be helpful.

I'll give him credit for it when it fucking happens

Maybe pay some fucking taxes first, Bill.

My tired brain read "99 cent" at first and I thought it was an article by The Onion.

Bill Gates deserves a lot of shit for creating the original big tech monopoly. But I'll say this about him: At least he's not hoarding his money to build a secretive compound to hold hundreds of kids he spawned with right wing crazy women for the purpose of creating a future master race.

~~Tax~~ Eat the rich!

Here's the thing. Even if he lives up to this promise, it's still him deciding where that money should go, and it won't be towards long term support of social safety nets for the commoners. He should just have been paying his fair share of taxes all along and into the future.

Gates is an unusual man who deserves a lot of praise. Most billionaires only want to build monuments to themselves. Gates has picked off a lot of projects that have virtually no chance of being funded by anyone or anything else. That's epic and legendary.

he has been milking that good will cow for decades

Though it’s better than hoarding, a billionaire can’t even give away their money without wielding a dangerous amount of influence on all of our lives.

While it's good that he's willing to give away 99%, he'd still be a billionaire and one of the richest persons of the world afterwards. He's so incomprehensibly rich that even 1% of his wealth is more than any single person should own.

Do it now motherfucker.

In 20 years, while still sitting on a mountain of money... All rich people are evil. The sooner people realize this, the better.

Bill Gates is 69. By 2045 he's going to be 89. What's he going to do with all that money at 89 anyways, after he kept it all his life.

I'll take whatever win I can get at this point. I just hope that it's actually going to good causes that will actually help people and not just bullshit money laundering "charity" shell games.

Get fucked with a rusty rake bill, you helped stop the COVID vaccines from being patent exempt, among plenty of other awful shit, all for more money.

Why wait, just do it already.

Individuals hoarding wealth is bad for society.

I've been sending his chain emails along since the 90s so he owes me some serious interest.

Give it away now instead you piece of shit. If he actually gave a shit he would have donated it all to charities already. It's just a billionaire farse, fuck him and the rest of em.

...and still be a billionaire.

Why should oligarchs get to decide where the proceeds of their exploitation get spent?