Legacy of Bill Gates

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One of the most influential and global changing person this world has is a man who at such young age changed the world in a technological way in his garage. This man has began to aid foreign lands with his money to help the people in there with deadly diseases and lack of medicine. He has invested in the education of United States, and has influenced the world in a certain aspects. The man has changed the way we work with our computers and business. This man is Bill Gates the co-founder of Microsoft. He has helped fund companies to research for the aid for humanities, and things that will make the world better no matter who is in charge of the land. Bill has been slowly but surely changing the world with his funding, and mind.

One question that was asked to Bill was about the affect of capitalism on rich countries and third world countries. He began to explain the positives of the capitalism like it helped him with his business. He then begins to say that some people in countries like United States is fortunate to have freedom from the government in their businesses like the government in China and Russia. He begins to talk about the USA’s capitalism is really affected by the red tape that the government puts that really limits the capitalism in the USA. Bill is then asked about taxes in United States, and oddly enough he is favor of taxes. He favors taxing millionaires, and says that he has paid 4 million dollars in taxes. He also goes over that companies like Apple and Microsoft on how they put money in foreign bank accounts to save money from certain taxations. He states that all companies do this trick to save money from taxations.
The truth from about Bill’s opinion on the effect Capitalism has truth to it through the eyes ...

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...s in the world, and what needs to fixed and solved. He has taken those steps to solve the problem of education the U.S, and has impacted countries with AIDS, polio, and malaria in funding. Bill Gates is an example of a renaissance man. He is a man who has many talents and is knowledgeable in many areas.

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http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/29/tech/mobile/smartphone-time-study/

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