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6. Agree

Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:01 PM

Feb 2019

Extreme poverty is down drastically, and I'm not sure what wealth distribution has to do with it.

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Gates has been wealthy for so long, he is now out of touch democratisphere Feb 2019 #1

And he feels that his wealth makes him infallible. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #2

Agreed. democratisphere Feb 2019 #3

You do know what the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation does don't you? still_one Feb 2019 #5

How does that relate to this article? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #9

And in a higher tax system, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #16

Sure. But I also know most of their support and development democratisphere Feb 2019 #15

He was born into a fairly well off household. Blue_true Feb 2019 #14

Gates' statement is demonstrably true. X_Digger Feb 2019 #4

Agree Sgent Feb 2019 #6

Oh that correlation thing dpibel Feb 2019 #11

The comments to the tweet were far more informative than the tweet. Blue_true Feb 2019 #17

Even at 30/40 years, we're still better than we were then. X_Digger Feb 2019 #18

One is statistically, provably true. X_Digger Feb 2019 #20

True. Blue_true Feb 2019 #21

All of Bill and Melissa and their multiple narratives deserve the littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #7

Very well said. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #10

New word: "tycoonsplaining" nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #22

Another category of "explaining"? Agreed. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #23