If not for the legal, social, physical, and military infrastructure that is paid for by US taxpayers, he (and most other wealthy US citizens/companies who avoid paying taxes in this country) probably wouldn’t have made “his” money.
Personally, I don’t like Facebook, and think it will end up being a significant privacy/security problem down the road for those who have accounts with FB. If it had never existed, I don’t think anyone would have suffered for it.
If we want more money in this country, we need to support businesses in intelligent ways that don’t harm our workforce or our environment. I have no problem with low/no interest loans, tax credits, subsidies, streamlined/reasonable regulatory proceedures, etc. It’s also imperative that the entities who make money from our system repay the government for the benefits they’ve received.
We need to rework the tax and trade policies that encourage businesses to offshore our jobs and hide money overseas. If they want to be Chinese (or whatever nationality) companies, let them rely on China to protect their intellectual property, guard their sea lanes, fight for their rights if those countries should choose to “nationalize” the companies, etc. If they want to sell in the US, they need to pay fees/taxes for the use of our ports and distribution infrastructure in this country.
Too many people think that they, alone, are the reason for their success. Nine times out of ten, that is not the case.
BTW, Saverin did not work for this money; he was an investor.
