Tuesday, June 10, 2008

So we're watching a video in class about the interview i mentioned a few posts ago -- Bill Gates Sr. and the heir of the Oscar Meyer fortune -- about fairness of the estate tax.

"We just don't look enough at the role society plays in helping people create wealth", so the government is entitled to tax those who made their success with the government's help.

I think this interview is so neat. Great food for thought.

Jason and I had a heated discussion about affirmative action when I said I'd admit a Hispanic kid over a white kid to BYU based on race. Jason would be willing to accept 100% white people if it meant it was totally fair that everyone got in. I think that's weird. I think that drives the wedge between whites and nonwhites further.

We had to stop talking about it because it was so uncomfortable.

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