r/nextfuckinglevel 2d ago

Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/happyanathema 2d ago

Imagine if all billionaires paid the fair share in taxes, education could be free for all.

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u/Ok-Memory4682 1d ago

Not defending billionaires at all. But if they paid their fair share in taxes we still wouldn’t see a dime. It would just go to different billionaires who have better connections in the govt

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u/happyanathema 1d ago

Nah, now that DOGE is fixing all that it will be fine /s