Bill Gates (Joins Buffet): I don't pay enough tax [View all]

[kpete]

25 January 2012 Last updated at 04:56 ET

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates says he does not think he pays enough tax, and says wealthy Americans should contribute more in order to solve the deficit problem.

Speaking on BBC World, Mr Gates said taxing the rich, was "just justice".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16714480

.................

Billionaire Bill Gates Calls For Increasing Taxes On The Rich: ‘That’s Just Justice’

GATES: Well the United States has a huge budget deficit, so taxes are going to have to go up. And I certainly agree that they should go up more on the rich than everyone else. That’s just justice.

BBC HOST: Is that a message you think that works with other people as wealthy as yourself, or is it just a small circle of friends — yourself, Warren Buffet, a few others.

GATES: Well, I hope we can solve that deficit problem with a sense of shared sacrifice — where everybody would feel like they’re doing their part. And right now, I don’t feel like people like myself are paying as much as we should.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/25/411283/bill-gates-taxes-justice/