[hchutch]

Read Post 182 on this thread, and you'll see what we gotta fix to make America attractive for investment.

Whatever you think of Microsoft, Bill Gates invested in America - and he got treated like crap for it. Anti-trust lawsuits and the tax code are just part of the BS he has had to endure.

This country treats successful businessmen like crap, and then it is surprised when they say "the hell with it" and head elsewhere. Tariffs and protectionism are the easy way out of the current mess, and taking the easy way out NEVER solves problems over the long haul.

[Texas_Dawg]

This country treats successful businessmen like crap, and then it is surprised when they say "the hell with it" and head elsewhere.

For the most part it does a lot better in its treatment of them than other countries. FR is not very indicative of the majority of this country... just an extreme fringe, anti-capitalist, bunch on this thread.

[ninenot]

I am really having a hard time feeling sorry for Gates, as you do. Perhaps you should mail him a gift to make up for the abuse he has suffered here.

And tell us again: would he have accumulated $50Bn. in assets were he to have started in PRC?

We await your answer.