I have been searching for something to like about this man, but it ain’t easy.

It can’t be the 10th rate, bug-ridden, unsecure software he has unleashed on the world…

Nor can it be the billions he has collected from people including poor third world citizens who have to use Windoze (some of which money he is now handing back as charity, with no sense of irony)…

His looks perhaps? Clearly not…

Oh, wait a minute. I heard that he had said he would not leave any money for his kids. But on closer inspection, he is going to leave $10 million for each, and give away the rest. Sigh… sorry Bill, there is nothing I like about you. :-(

For the record, I don’t believe in leaving anything of material value for our kids — barring sentimental stuff. I don’t believe in lowering inheritance tax, but raising it. And I do not believe in Margaret Thatcher’s vision of “wealth cascading through the generations“. We should give our children a good education, teach them civil behaviour, morality and everything else we know. Then they will not need our money to move on. Inheritance is a way of keeping the rich rich and the poor poor. And if we knew we could not pass on our wealth, we wouldn’t try to line our pockets beyond our own needs.

So Bill is thinking along the right lines, but has a way to go to win my affection. He’ll be disappointed, I’m sure. ;-)

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