Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spending in the US
Talk about your fluff pieces!<p>Sorkin's article ignores Ballmer's billion-dollar tax dodge... er, break... for buying a basketball team.*  Ballmer should revise his boast from "paid for with pre-tax dollars" to "paid for with "shamefully un-taxed dollars."<p>Interesting terms that don't show up when Googling Ballmer's site (at least as of today...)<p>tax expenditure
tax shelter
estate tax
good will
sports team
basketball<p><pre><code>             site:usafacts.org
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And so much for the "already taxed" argument by Trump's billionaire class (and their gullible working-class sycophants) against the estate tax.  How much supposedly already-income-taxed dollars of wealth will soon escape estate taxes?  And how much will all of these tax expenditures<i></i> add to working and middle class taxes and the national debt?<p>Now that, Mr. Sorkin, would be an interesting article.<p>* Check out "Steve Ballmer Gets Billion-Dollar Tax Write-Off For Being Basketball Baron"
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