The richest man in the world, Bill Gates endorsed the decision of U.S. authorities to introduce an additional income tax for wealthy people, says The Daily Mail.
Thus, the 54-year-old philanthropist, whose fortune is estimated at 54 billion dollars, has opposed the current Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos and market magnate John Nordstrom. These businessmen are ardent opponents of the additional payments.
Gates said the funds raised through the surcharge, you can invest in need of money, educational institutions. "Everything must be done to help the next generations. We see that the budget cuts threatened the future of children. We must not sit idle, "- said Gates.
He also noted that if every resident of Washington, earning over 200 thousand dollars a year would pay an additional tax, it would bring States 2 billion
On raising taxes for people with high incomes Barack Obama said in May this year. In addition, in early September, he accused Republicans of fiscal irresponsibility, and said that the U.S. can not afford to keep tax breaks for wealthy individuals. He also said that taxes for the middle class in the U.S. may be reduced in September.
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