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_gwinton Gift from Ballmer Will Expand Computer Science Faculty at Harvard

Also, the Heritage Foundation is not exactly an unbiased source on this issue.

Here's another take on U.S. taxation: https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/tax-reform/news/2011...

_gwinton Gift from Ballmer Will Expand Computer Science Faculty at Harvard

So Gates retires, spends his fortune trying to reduce global poverty and cure malaria. Ballmer retires, spends his fortune on a basketball team and donates to what is already the richest school in the country.

_gwinton Gift from Ballmer Will Expand Computer Science Faculty at Harvard

FYI, Harvard currently has a $30B endowment.