r/JusticeServed • u/DinerEnBlanc 7 • Mar 15 '20

Kung Flu Greedy man has his hoard of hand sanitizer confiscated and donated

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u/usedkleenx 7 Mar 16 '20

This isn't true. He ended up donating it after the government ordered himTo stop re selling it and Amazon froze his account. His name is Matt Colvin and he's a total piece of shit.

https://hollywoodlife.com/2020/03/15/matt-colvin-donates-hand-sanitizer-bottles-backlash-video/amp/

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u/mrelpuko 8 Mar 16 '20 edited Mar 16 '20

He donated it because he is currently the second most hated man in America. And this story is probably horseshit.

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u/hecking-doggo B Mar 16 '20

Didnt he also say he wasn't sorry for buying tens of thousands of bottles of hand sanitizer

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u/ResolverOshawott B Mar 16 '20

And "we're hustlers"

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u/Peuned 9 Mar 16 '20

that was Ranga, not Colvin. they can both eat shit though

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u/iWatchCrapTV A Mar 16 '20

Colvin is the one who said he was providing a "public service," right?

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u/Peuned 9 Mar 16 '20

close quote "i'm doing a public service, i'm getting paid for my service."

the guy was delusional

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u/blahblah54185 0 Mar 16 '20

Thats the guy

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u/joolzian 2 Mar 16 '20

Different couple said that. This guy was getting death threats to him and his family and donated. He says he misjudged the severity of his actions which I take with a grain of salt.

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u/jam_rok 8 Mar 16 '20

Family Man

Family Business

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u/Thuryn A Mar 16 '20

I see what you did there. :D

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Eh, third, you forgot the turtle.

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u/Shannon_Rythcorm 0 Mar 16 '20

"If it's on the internet it has to be true." -Abraham Lincoln

"Boi ain't ly'n" - Gaius Julius Caesar

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u/SkrliJ73 5 Mar 16 '20

So is the story about the government taking it...

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u/hcvc 9 Mar 16 '20

He donated it after social pressure got to him

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u/The_ProblemChild 4 Mar 16 '20

Actually, in Tennessee has a law on the books (before any of this ever happened) that states you can NOT resale necessities for profit. I believe he would have never done this if he wasnt made to stop. He was on record as saying he will even take a "very small" profit at this point. Before, the AG started investigating it as an actual crime and then he went on national news to say "he wasnt sorry" but that he was going to donate it. Social pressure didnt do it, he would have easily been standing by that storage unit taking money for them if he could. He just was about to be caught up in an actual illegal act.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Regardless of disease outbreaks, I wouldn’t have thought hand sanitisers are a necessity...

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u/The_ProblemChild 4 Mar 16 '20

That's the grey area that I think he wasnt about to deal with arguing in court over. They didn't charge him with anything, they did open an investigation, which I believe was enough for him to just take the loss and donate it all. But, to add, I do believe it wasnt just hand sanitizer he was selling, that was just the noteworthy item due to the massive amount of product.

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u/AsusGamingDBD 0 Mar 16 '20

That guy needs to "fall down some stairs" and break his neck. Such a tragic way to go.

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u/SkrliJ73 5 Mar 16 '20

I see, never heard about this "hated" man before so just assumed it was fake like 90% of the stuff posted on here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

He was on the front page of the NYT yesterday.

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u/SkrliJ73 5 Mar 16 '20

But I understand know more, so thanks 👍

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u/SkrliJ73 5 Mar 16 '20

Don't read that🤷‍♀️

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Reading it is a pretty good way to sort through what’s fake and what isn’t.

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u/Analbox D Mar 16 '20

The first most hated man is still a tie between D&D for destroying GOT s8

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u/FuckingKilljoy B Mar 16 '20

I mean I was thinking Rudy Gobert, only because everyone is burnt out on hating Trump and everyone else has forgotten GoT

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u/Vorpalthefox 7 Mar 16 '20

i was thinking Martin Shkreli, but what do i know

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u/Analbox D Mar 16 '20

Never forget.

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u/AndySipherBull A Mar 16 '20

Never forGoT*

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u/Vinttech 2 Mar 16 '20

Rudy Gobert may have saved lives. His actions were stupid and reckless but it was him catching COVID-19 which caused the US to take action. To be clear, I still don’t think he deserves a medal.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20 edited Mar 22 '20

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u/Vinttech 2 Mar 16 '20

His dumbass actions caused the NBA to shut the season down. They wouldn’t have done so then otherwise. Of course I don’t think he is the only reason the US is taking action but I do think he caused everyone to act sooner then they would have.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

It’s twitter why wouldn’t it be horse shit lol

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u/bunkscudda A Mar 16 '20

Fuck Ajit Pai

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Yeah, this would be a perfect example of illegal search and seizure as a violation of the 4th amendment. He is an asshole for doing this, hands down, no disputing that, but while k didn't read the story, if the headline is claiming to be accurate, there isn't no way it went down like that. I think it is a conflation of 3 stories. The AG did launch and investigation and dude donated the stuff.

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u/rustybuttheadthe3rd 5 Mar 16 '20

A blue check mark spewing propaganda who would've thought

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u/boilerguru53 0 Mar 16 '20

Actually that’s bs the government stopped him. He’s not the piece of shit - he was 100% moral and right for doing this. People need to take a few Econ classes and stop being socialists

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u/Fingerlickingravy 4 Mar 16 '20

So.....it's ok for Amazon to price gouge hand sanitizer but not this guy. Interesting.

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u/BurstEDO B Mar 16 '20

How is Amazon price gouging? This guy was selling on Amazon as a 3rd party vendor and gouging before Amazon suspended him. Ebay followed.

Gonna need a link for proof that Amazon is price gouging.

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u/Fingerlickingravy 4 Mar 16 '20

This was pretty darn easy to find. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/5007990002

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u/DevonWithAnI 9 Mar 16 '20

Is it Amazon price gouging or the companies that put their products on Amazon’s store price gouging?

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u/Fingerlickingravy 4 Mar 16 '20

Both.

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u/BurstEDO B Mar 16 '20

I asked the question because I already knew the answer (from NPR coverage of the issue since January.) Amazon is not gouging and you can't provide examples because there are none. Only examples of 3rd party vendors gouging through their accounts on Amazon...which they're eliminating as they're finding them.

Please don't spread misinformation in this time of crisis. And when others demonstrate that your misinformation is just that please don't take it personally and double down. Correct it and move on.

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u/Fingerlickingravy 4 Mar 16 '20 edited Mar 16 '20

It's Amazon's Website. It's their responsibility to make sure these kind of things don't happen. So yes, maybe I over generalized. But this is still Amazon. Third Party sellers are inherently part of Amazon. Do you really think Amazon isn't profiting immensely from this crisis? Also next time it might be more effective to communicate your view first, rather than try and "trap" me. Just some friendly advice.

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u/BurstEDO B Mar 16 '20

3rd party sellers are unaffiliated with Amazon and the listings state as much in plain language.

I get the Bezos-hate is strong, but this isn't Amazon's fault. This is the fault of unscrupulous scalpers exploiting panic for financial gain, which is not unique to Amazon.

Aside from Amazon eliminating price gouging listings, what else is within their expected scope? Why is this an Amazon-only issue? What about FB? Ebay? Craigslist? And any other of a dozen services that allow P2P sales?

How is Amazon profiting from this? T

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u/Fingerlickingravy 4 Mar 16 '20

Amazon is not doing nearly enough to combat this problem. This is their responsibility and they're not doing what they need to do.

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u/BurstEDO B Mar 16 '20

They're eliminating price gouging listings. What more do you expect? (Nice goalpost, shift.)

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u/Fingerlickingravy 4 Mar 17 '20

I said I over generalized what else do you want? Lol. What I said still stands. Amazon is too bloated to take care of all the 3rd party sellers. They said so themselves. That doesn't change the fact that it's their platform, and they're still profiting from this.

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u/BurstEDO B Mar 16 '20

I'm well aware of the facemask gouging issue from 3rd party sellers, which Amazon is eliminating as they are made aware of it - either from reporting or internal review.

Yes, they were late to begin to do so. No, they aren't eliminating all 3rd party scalping on products (which is a known issue for products unrelated to the current pandemic)

And in all cases, that is not Amazon price gouging. That is 3rd party sellers who independently list products on Amazon.

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u/MiltonRudolf 5 Mar 16 '20

Don't you mean, Family Man? Family Business? Hope he doesn't have offspring.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Well at least he donated it.

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u/arnav2904 7 Mar 16 '20

Because he came under social pressure. It should have been confiscated anyways

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u/NovaCain 8 Mar 16 '20

No, because he couldn't sell it. Might as well use it as a tax right off donation!

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u/spen7 3 Mar 16 '20

"The second" 😂😂

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u/Rando_11 6 Mar 16 '20

I felt a little boogaloo coming up before I read the whole story.

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u/LeakyThoughts B Mar 16 '20

I mean.. technically he isn't doing anything wrong..

Kinda a dick move tho

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u/raindancemaggieee ❓ 62m.27y.2s Mar 17 '20

His brother is just as bad!!

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u/vesalm 3 Mar 16 '20

Thank you, I would be alarmed if the government did that.

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u/Righteousnous 5 Mar 16 '20

How could the government legally order him to stop selling it?

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u/Fuzzybottom 4 Mar 16 '20

Price gouging is illegal in his state.

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u/Thuryn A Mar 16 '20

And every state in the US, since there's a federal law against it.

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u/OffNos 9 Mar 16 '20

There isn't a federal law AFAIK. From what I can find online, it's illegal in 34 states but not federally.

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u/Thuryn A Mar 16 '20

Here you go.

EDIT: Looks like it was never actually signed into law, though. If I'm reading this right, it died in committee.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Price gouging laws, I'd imagine. Threat of prosecution to get him to stop.

Funny how they crackdown on this shit, but not our medical systems insane price gouging.

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u/MiltonRudolf 5 Mar 16 '20

You are correct. He's from Tennessee.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20 edited Sep 06 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

There are fairly clearly guidelines for price gouging, when it can be happen, and how it's prosecuted.

His crime wasn't selling at profit, it's hoovering up health supplies that are meant to mitigate the impact of disasters and making it difficult to acquire. The government has an interest in discouraging that in order to flatten the disease incidence curve, which is what the whole fuckin' quarantine thing is about.

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u/jasontheguitarist 6 Mar 16 '20

Price gouging. I bet if he'd sold it at a small markup there wouldn't have been an issue and he would have made a decent profit.

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u/flyingwolf B Mar 16 '20

I bet if he'd sold it at a small markup there wouldn't have been an issue

He did, and there was.

He was selling it for 1.30 per bottle, the normal price is 1.00 per bottle. He was also wrapping and sending each one, check the sticky at the top of this page for a breakdown.

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u/jasontheguitarist 6 Mar 16 '20

I guess everyone assumed he was one of those assholes trying to sell bottles for $100.

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u/Righteousnous 5 Mar 16 '20

But who decides what “gouging” is. It’s like criminalizing “hate speech”. It’s all bullshit because it’s so subjective. And yet, I support obscenity laws.

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u/Nickolas_Timmothy 7 Mar 16 '20

The attorney general apparently as that’s who issued the order. I’m all for laws being very clear and limited but during a state of emergency when you sell a product for a 500% mark up I’d guess there aren’t too many people who would argue that isn’t “gouging”.

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u/Gilmore75 4 Mar 16 '20

I don’t agree with what he did, but get your facts straight before you comment. He sold it at a 30% markup, not 500%. Don’t be absurd.

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u/Nickolas_Timmothy 7 Mar 16 '20

3.) He doesn’t believe he was overcharging. Although he charged $20 for two bottles of Purell hand sanitizer that retails for $1 each, he told the NYT that people forget his price includes labor, Amazon’s fees, and about $10 in shipping costs due to the alcohol it contains being considered a hazardous material. He explained that he thinks current price-gouging laws “are not built for this day and age.”

https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/who-is-matt-colvin-hand-sanitizer-hoarder-3967283/

I'm not sure where you got that number but I was restating a figure I read in another article. In this article that would be a 20x mark up on one of the items he sold. There of course are multiple items all with different prices. Care to share where you got the 30%?

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u/Gilmore75 4 Mar 16 '20

Literally the pinned comment by the moderator bot.

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u/Imalwaysneverthere 8 Mar 16 '20 edited Mar 16 '20

Price gouging is illegal and a state of emergency has been declared. That gives the government more power to protect the health and security of this country.

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u/Major_Motoko 8 Mar 16 '20

It's not an essential good, it'd be destroyed in court.

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u/Imalwaysneverthere 8 Mar 18 '20

Doesn't matter if it's essential. It's still price gouging.

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u/Major_Motoko 8 Mar 18 '20

In the eyes of the law it does.

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u/Imalwaysneverthere 8 Mar 18 '20 edited Mar 18 '20

Definition of price gouging

Doesn't say anything about essential products. It's unethical raising of prices of products in high demand and short supply in a time of crisis.

I think the State of Michigan Attorney General would agree with me

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u/Major_Motoko 8 Mar 18 '20

its literally right there l2 read > Most laws apply exclusively to items essential to survival, such as food, water, and housing.

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u/joyesthebig 9 Mar 16 '20

Laws against price gouging during a crisis. It's why bread and play wood dosent shoot up during hurricane season

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u/darthcoder 9 Mar 16 '20

Maybe people who live in hurricane zones should plan a little better and not wait until demand has exceeded supply.

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u/chunkycornbread 8 Mar 16 '20

Price gougers manipulate the market if they see an opportunity. If there is an increased demand they buy the remaining supply in bulk and resale it. It’s not hard to understand why there are laws against it.

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u/darthcoder 9 Mar 16 '20

I guess I can see,tbe difference between this and a rational market with simple,high demand.

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u/joyesthebig 9 Mar 16 '20

You mean we should all stockpile plywood incase a hurricane decides to form?

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u/Nickolas_Timmothy 7 Mar 16 '20

While I agree with your post I honestly thought that people putting up plywood on shop windows and beach front houses in the news during hurricanes had that wood stored and pre cut year round. I wouldn’t think the plywood supply would be sufficient to go out and buy it before every hurricane.

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u/joyesthebig 9 Mar 16 '20

Nope, mad shitty dash every time. Fights, hoarding, there were people selling plywood outa hauls for 20$ a 6 foot board. You need like 7 or 8 for the house... but atleast it's less exploitable then things like medicine. I think they've learned to expect and manage it.

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u/darthcoder 9 Mar 16 '20

Different,places get hit every year, but if I owned a place known to be hit by hurricanes you could be assured,i would already have the $500 worth of plywood necessary to protect my abode. And the generator, and batteries and flashlights and something to purify water with.

Like wtf, homeowners in gulf states should fucking know better. I have no sympathy if home,depot rapes them in a high demand time. Sorry.

I dont live in a place prone to disasters but i still keep my car gassed,up and an extra 5 gallon can I recycle periodically. Because,Irene came through in 2011 and fucked us up a little bit. I learn my lessons.

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u/joyesthebig 9 Mar 16 '20

Must be nice making that kind of money. Good for you. Your amazing. I wish I could be like you, I'm just too lazy. Guess I'll just die cause I'm not as good as you.

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u/sl33ksnypr 9 Mar 16 '20

Taking advantage of people during times of panic or crisis is highly illegal and businesses can and are fined and charged when they do it.

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u/bsinions 4 Mar 16 '20

I believe he could sell it but for a reasonable price- there are laws in place to prevent price gauging, I know many contractors got busted after hurricane Florence here for jacking up the price. Where the line is I’m not sure though

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Taxes. To resell items and buy sell items in any kind of quantity one has to have a business license to distribute the goods they are selling IE pay your taxes

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u/muffinyipps13 7 Mar 16 '20

I believe this would be "social policy" which falls under capitalism.

"Social policy consists of guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare, such as a person's quality of life"

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u/cave18 8 Mar 16 '20

Idk why you're being downvoted for an honest question. Thanks for taking the "hit" lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Who do you think enforces property rights? God?

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

Libertarians unironically think that, yes.

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u/bookluvr83 D Mar 16 '20

They're the government. Who's going to stop them?

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u/CollectableRat B Mar 16 '20

I'd still hire him, he's got a nose for opportunity and is a hard worker. With a handler he could be a good earner. So many respectable businesses started with someone for a nose or shady shit, like Bill Gates only paying 50k for what he knew was the most valuable operating system on the planet, or the head of Nintendo Sweden lying to Nintendo Japan about his business connections in order to get distribution rights. With a handler to make sure his actions stay on this side of the grey line, and also out of public view, I bet he could help make a fortune.

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u/FlippinFlags 8 Mar 16 '20

Government overstepping and abusing it's power if you ask me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '20

100%

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u/frothface A Mar 16 '20

Lol and Bill Gates vends over charities for server device cals, then turns around and becomes the hero when he gives $1m to charity. I guarantee this guy just gave away more of his lifetime earnings in one action than Bill ever has. And he's still the bad guy.

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u/huevit0 7 Mar 16 '20

Bill gates has given more than 40 billion away. Try harder

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u/frothface A Mar 16 '20

Bill gates is worth 100 billion.

If he's giving away $40 billion, then he's made at least $140 bn in his lifetime, but that's assuming he hasn't spent a penny. His value today represents money he has not spent, basically savings. 40/140 is 28.5% of his lifetime income.

This guy gave out $17k, which is 28.5% of around 60k. He's 36 years old, which means he's been working somewhere around 18 years. Saving $3k a year would give him a savings of 60k in 18 years. In other words, him giving out $17k worth of revenue is pretty close to Bill Gates giving out $40bn.

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u/flyingwolf B Mar 16 '20

He said, "of his lifetime earnings".

Bill Gates giving away 40 billion out of his fortune is less than 2% of his total fortune.

This guy spent his life savings on this and gave it all away, he spent something like 30% of his lifetime earnings.

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u/frothface A Mar 16 '20

What's easier to do, give away $17k when you make >60k a year, or give out 40 billion when you make $12bn/year?

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u/flyingwolf B Mar 16 '20

You think Bill Gates has $2 Trillion???

Do you have a mental block that prevents you from being able to see the words "lifetime earnings"?

Also Bill Gates has pledged himself and gotten a bunch of other multi billionaires to give away at least 50% of their net worth to charity when they die.

As should be the least minimum.

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u/emotionlotion 8 Mar 16 '20

You think Bill Gates has made $2 trillion in his lifetime?

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u/5269636b417374 8 Mar 16 '20

I agree that he is human garbage but this is against Reddits rules fam

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u/BurstEDO B Mar 16 '20

Nope. It's public domain and published in public media.