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by jimmyvalmer 1711 days ago
Everyone knows billionaires are standing on the shoulders of giants from Shannon to Shockley, neither of whom were billionaires. Getting these pioneers their just desserts from taxes, assuming they even wanted them, would be like using the wrong end of a hammer to nail a board. My initial response (the one you thought missed your point) assumed this and hopefully also disabuses you of the notion that life can or should be fair.