NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045www.watoday.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square146fedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down160
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-linkBill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045www.watoday.com.auNotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square146fedilink
minus-squaremadeinthebackseat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months ago…or paying his employees more. Funny how we don’t have a popular term for the portion of an employee’s deserved wage that turns into “record shareholder profit.” Imagine if all corporations were required to put a line item on check stubs showing how much you made them.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-22 months agoThat term is wage theft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_theft
minus-squaremadeinthebackseat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoToo knee jerk. Needs “tax” incorporated as it’s so unpopular.
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down5·edit-22 months agoWho do you think Bill Gates’ employees are right now? Do you think he’s still the CEO of Microsoft? Are you referring to the Gates Foundation? If so, have you got data on what they’re paid?
…or paying his employees more.
Funny how we don’t have a popular term for the portion of an employee’s deserved wage that turns into “record shareholder profit.”
Imagine if all corporations were required to put a line item on check stubs showing how much you made them.
That term is wage theft: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wage_theft
Too knee jerk. Needs “tax” incorporated as it’s so unpopular.
Who do you think Bill Gates’ employees are right now? Do you think he’s still the CEO of Microsoft? Are you referring to the Gates Foundation? If so, have you got data on what they’re paid?