Mike Garry
@mikegarry.bsky.social
Game Developer, sometime Lecturer, sports sufferer.
I don't worship anyone, you are clearly just a simpleton who only thinks in black and white.
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I don't worship anyone, you are clearly just a simpleton who only thinks in black and white.
Tax the rich - you mean like I said many posts ago? Or that Buffett has been saying for years?
November 13, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Tax the rich - you mean like I said many posts ago? Or that Buffett has been saying for years?
So you do care then.
The rules apply to all, but yes there should be a low limit on it.
The rules apply to all, but yes there should be a low limit on it.
November 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
So you do care then.
The rules apply to all, but yes there should be a low limit on it.
The rules apply to all, but yes there should be a low limit on it.
It went to people they thought were the most in need, not as much to the population of the richest country on earth that really should be looking after its own.
No one is a saint, he's just not as bad as the others.
No one is a saint, he's just not as bad as the others.
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It went to people they thought were the most in need, not as much to the population of the richest country on earth that really should be looking after its own.
No one is a saint, he's just not as bad as the others.
No one is a saint, he's just not as bad as the others.
What a pointless graph when there are regional only parties in there.
You need separate graphs for England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland otherwise its almost pointless.
You need separate graphs for England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland otherwise its almost pointless.
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 AM
What a pointless graph when there are regional only parties in there.
You need separate graphs for England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland otherwise its almost pointless.
You need separate graphs for England, Wales, Scotland and N Ireland otherwise its almost pointless.
Tenure, at a games company?
When I worked there everyone worked long hard hours, including technical and art directors. The people I did work with that are still there appear to be in those roles today. I have zero contact with them, but I don't imagine their work attitude has changed much.
When I worked there everyone worked long hard hours, including technical and art directors. The people I did work with that are still there appear to be in those roles today. I have zero contact with them, but I don't imagine their work attitude has changed much.
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Tenure, at a games company?
When I worked there everyone worked long hard hours, including technical and art directors. The people I did work with that are still there appear to be in those roles today. I have zero contact with them, but I don't imagine their work attitude has changed much.
When I worked there everyone worked long hard hours, including technical and art directors. The people I did work with that are still there appear to be in those roles today. I have zero contact with them, but I don't imagine their work attitude has changed much.
Well of course. That's always how charity donations work.
If successive US governments had actually listened to him over the years they may have actually tried to fix the terrible tax system. Its hardly his fault they haven't.
If successive US governments had actually listened to him over the years they may have actually tried to fix the terrible tax system. Its hardly his fault they haven't.
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Well of course. That's always how charity donations work.
If successive US governments had actually listened to him over the years they may have actually tried to fix the terrible tax system. Its hardly his fault they haven't.
If successive US governments had actually listened to him over the years they may have actually tried to fix the terrible tax system. Its hardly his fault they haven't.
Just enough? He's probably given away more money than anyone in history FFS!
November 12, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Just enough? He's probably given away more money than anyone in history FFS!
How do you know he has or hasn't already? Aren't tax affairs private?
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
How do you know he has or hasn't already? Aren't tax affairs private?
Who said it was? You complain guy has too much money, even though the same guy has been asking for a fairer tax system for years, then complain that he is giving it away to various charities.
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Who said it was? You complain guy has too much money, even though the same guy has been asking for a fairer tax system for years, then complain that he is giving it away to various charities.
To other billionaires CHARITY FOUNDATIONS.
November 12, 2025 at 7:24 AM
To other billionaires CHARITY FOUNDATIONS.
Do you know how many subsidiaries they own?
I stopped counting way before half way:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
I stopped counting way before half way:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of assets owned by Berkshire Hathaway - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Do you know how many subsidiaries they own?
I stopped counting way before half way:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
I stopped counting way before half way:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
How do you know if he does or does not?
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
How do you know if he does or does not?
Because its his money, that he earned and has paid all of his taxes on.
Why do you get to decide where your money goes?
Why do you get to decide where your money goes?
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Because its his money, that he earned and has paid all of his taxes on.
Why do you get to decide where your money goes?
Why do you get to decide where your money goes?
So lets get this straight, the man who has long since said rich people should be paying more in taxes is being blamed for giving his money away, because the very tax system he wants to change gives him a tax break?
Really?
Really?
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
So lets get this straight, the man who has long since said rich people should be paying more in taxes is being blamed for giving his money away, because the very tax system he wants to change gives him a tax break?
Really?
Really?
$3.5m out of $36bn.
How many zeros is that when expressing as a percentage? Oh look, it doesn't fit on the calculator.
How many zeros is that when expressing as a percentage? Oh look, it doesn't fit on the calculator.
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
$3.5m out of $36bn.
How many zeros is that when expressing as a percentage? Oh look, it doesn't fit on the calculator.
How many zeros is that when expressing as a percentage? Oh look, it doesn't fit on the calculator.
He's not doing this for tax purposes.
He's given over $36bn alone to the Gates foundation for starters.
He also gives to the foundation he started with his first wife that gives out college scholarships.
I would rather they all paid taxes, but Buffett is far from the worst rich guy going.
He's given over $36bn alone to the Gates foundation for starters.
He also gives to the foundation he started with his first wife that gives out college scholarships.
I would rather they all paid taxes, but Buffett is far from the worst rich guy going.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
He's not doing this for tax purposes.
He's given over $36bn alone to the Gates foundation for starters.
He also gives to the foundation he started with his first wife that gives out college scholarships.
I would rather they all paid taxes, but Buffett is far from the worst rich guy going.
He's given over $36bn alone to the Gates foundation for starters.
He also gives to the foundation he started with his first wife that gives out college scholarships.
I would rather they all paid taxes, but Buffett is far from the worst rich guy going.
"Warren Buffett..has long been a vocal advocate for tax equity, emphasizing that the wealthy &large corporations should pay their fair share..has made clear that his company's outsized tax payments—at $26.8 billion in 2024, it was the largest tax payment in U.S. history—are a point of pride for him"
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"Warren Buffett..has long been a vocal advocate for tax equity, emphasizing that the wealthy &large corporations should pay their fair share..has made clear that his company's outsized tax payments—at $26.8 billion in 2024, it was the largest tax payment in U.S. history—are a point of pride for him"
He's given over 60bn away.
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
He's given over 60bn away.
"Warren Buffett's charitable giving over the past two decades now totals around $60 billion"
"Warren Buffett admits his Giving Pledge philanthropy was not 'feasible'—he's instead left his three kids $500 million a year to *give away*"
Buffett himself has called for higher taxes for the rich.
"Warren Buffett admits his Giving Pledge philanthropy was not 'feasible'—he's instead left his three kids $500 million a year to *give away*"
Buffett himself has called for higher taxes for the rich.
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"Warren Buffett's charitable giving over the past two decades now totals around $60 billion"
"Warren Buffett admits his Giving Pledge philanthropy was not 'feasible'—he's instead left his three kids $500 million a year to *give away*"
Buffett himself has called for higher taxes for the rich.
"Warren Buffett admits his Giving Pledge philanthropy was not 'feasible'—he's instead left his three kids $500 million a year to *give away*"
Buffett himself has called for higher taxes for the rich.
To be fair to Buffet, he has long said the rich should be taxed more.
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
To be fair to Buffet, he has long said the rich should be taxed more.
Although I think some do remain.
So was this a local decision from R* North, or from higher up than that.
So was this a local decision from R* North, or from higher up than that.
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Although I think some do remain.
So was this a local decision from R* North, or from higher up than that.
So was this a local decision from R* North, or from higher up than that.
I used to work (briefly) at Rockstar, I don't recognise any of these faces (I left quite a while ago!), & many of the old faces have also left. There are still some very good people inside that building & I am left wondering who made this decision. Most of the management have changed since my day
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November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I used to work (briefly) at Rockstar, I don't recognise any of these faces (I left quite a while ago!), & many of the old faces have also left. There are still some very good people inside that building & I am left wondering who made this decision. Most of the management have changed since my day
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I didn't say you didn't need a military, but the sums spent on it in its current state are obscene, while you don't have healthcare etc, and yet still some of those military employees are on SNAP.
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I didn't say you didn't need a military, but the sums spent on it in its current state are obscene, while you don't have healthcare etc, and yet still some of those military employees are on SNAP.
If he truly thinks that tariffs have brought in 3 trillion dollars (LOL), then they should have the money already. So genius, where is it?
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If he truly thinks that tariffs have brought in 3 trillion dollars (LOL), then they should have the money already. So genius, where is it?