From Techrights
The Gates Foundation was described as a shell for tax avoidance by philanthropist and accounting expert, Sheldon Drobny. Techrights has collected evidence that shows the same and will organize it here. Through the foundation, Bill, Melinda and Microsoft maintain pharmaceutical patent investments, tobacco investments, investments in alcoholic beverages, petroleum investments, investments in experimental and controversial crops, and even investments in news/media. Gates need not even pay tax, though he keeps control of the assets and uses that control to influence private and public policy. Money talks and politicians can in turn be persuaded to buy from Microsoft. This dependence/lock-in cascades down to businesses and homes, creating a revenue stream that would not exist in a free market. Gates is also able to bring public money to himself through energy and public health policy. As Gates has diversified, his corrupting influence has spread to other portions of the economy.
We have provided extensive evidence for the above claims in many past summaries which include the following (sorted in chronological order although we took a much closer look in later years). As Techrights will report fraud in other areas as it is discovered.
2023
2022
2021
September
July
May
January
2020
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
2019
2016
2015
2014
November
October
September
August
July
June
April
January
2013
Most coverage posted in Identi.ca, Diaspora, and Twitter this year.
December
November
August
July
June
May
April
March
January
2012
Most coverage posted in Identi.ca, Diaspora, and Twitter this year.
December
October
August
July
June
May
April
March
Microsoft Bribing for Tamil Nadu (India) to Drop GNU/Linux in Education (Gates involved too)
February
January
2011
December
November
October
September
Keeping on Top (summary of some 2011 Gates Foundation stories)
Microsoft Systematically Corrupts the Media (Gates too)
August
June
May
April
February
[Long recess from covering the issue in late January, February, March...]
January
2010
Lowered volume of postings from November / December is not indicative of less mischief (just taking a break from Gates Foundation coverage in general).
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
Huffington Post Lets Microsoft Lie and Lie and Lie (Digital Copyright Canada: "You forgot the real issue here, which is that Bono, Gates and similar pseudo-philanthropists are actively involved with making a variety of “teaching” (sharing of knowledge) expensive and/or illegal.")
2009
December
November
October
January - September
2008
2007
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