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I thought that was Gabe Newell
Gabe actually does good, though. Valve has been a major contributor to several open source products
Taylor Swift also arguably contributes something of value--music that a lot of people really like. Doesn't mean either of them should be able to amass that much wealth. The tax system in the US is broken. In the US in 1961, for example, stock buybacks were illegal (so stocks paid dividends, which are taxable income), and any income above $32,000/year was taxed at 50%, up to a marginal tax rate of 91% for any income above $400,000/year. In contrast, the highest marginal tax rate in the US in 2024 was 37% for any income above $731,200/year, and companies buy back stocks rather than issuing dividends most of the time. Further, most millionaires and billionaires amass wealth through stocks rather than income, using loans against stocks for cash, meaning they pay almost no taxes and continue to amass personal wealth.
and at the same time makes bank from kids gambling with Counter Strike skins, so a bit of a mixed bag there