Right, Bill Gates is a Randian Übermensch. Didn’t come from a wealthy family, didn’t come from the wealthiest country with plenty of “Socialist” bennies to enable his business ventures. Oy vey!
Bill had something much more important that tax breaks or even his studying at an Ivy League University. His little-known back story from a New York Times report which said that it was Gates’ mother, Mary, who convinced IBM to hire Microsoft to build an operating system for its computers. Mary was the first woman president of United Way back in the 1980s and it was her position as the leader of the board which helped Microsoft land such a big customer when it was just starting out.John Opel, the then chairman of IBM, happened to be a fellow-committee member of the same board and Mary managed to convince him to give Microsoft a chance.
Depending on which Government job—- a few billion dubious dollars here and a few billion tainted dollars there all add up…. In the mean time pay your bar tab!
Pharmakeus Ubik almost 3 years ago
Right, Bill Gates is a Randian Übermensch. Didn’t come from a wealthy family, didn’t come from the wealthiest country with plenty of “Socialist” bennies to enable his business ventures. Oy vey!
cdward almost 3 years ago
I have far greater respect for the vast majority of government workers than for the vast majority of corporate profiteers.
Eric Klein almost 3 years ago
Bill had something much more important that tax breaks or even his studying at an Ivy League University. His little-known back story from a New York Times report which said that it was Gates’ mother, Mary, who convinced IBM to hire Microsoft to build an operating system for its computers. Mary was the first woman president of United Way back in the 1980s and it was her position as the leader of the board which helped Microsoft land such a big customer when it was just starting out.John Opel, the then chairman of IBM, happened to be a fellow-committee member of the same board and Mary managed to convince him to give Microsoft a chance.
Iseau almost 3 years ago
There’s a government job opening at the White House for a person to wipe off the Presidents face after he eats.
William Bednar Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Yep, just “dip your beak into the overflowing public trough”, like all the other “public servants” do.
Oh Really? almost 3 years ago
Depending on which Government job—- a few billion dubious dollars here and a few billion tainted dollars there all add up…. In the mean time pay your bar tab!