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grantcart

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5. No because Gates is determined to give 95% of his money away.

Reply to Arcanetrance (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 11:22 AM

Jan 2013

The B/M Gates Foundation is going to do what the UN should have been doing: erradicating most communicable disease in Africa.

Steve Jobs did nothing with his money. My understanding is that he was disdainful of giving and even though he had a long terminal illness made no real provision to help those in great need. As he supposed to have 'converted' to Buddhism I found it completely inexplicable.

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Bill Gates: nice charity work, shame about the business practices [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

Completely typical for this shitheel. Which is worse? The 30 year record of criminality that made him Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #1

+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #2

The same argument could have been made for Steve Jobs Arcanetrance Jan 2013 #3

No because Gates is determined to give 95% of his money away. grantcart Jan 2013 #5

I did not know that about gates Arcanetrance Jan 2013 #8

I'm actually not a fan of this - it deprives the government of much needed estate taxes. reformist2 Jan 2013 #10

The US Government through the CDC and the WHO has effectively eliminated all of the communicable grantcart Jan 2013 #13

Steve Jobs never gave a penny to charity. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #7

I agree on Steve jobs Arcanetrance Jan 2013 #9

Reminds me of a Noam Chomsky quote from "The Corporation" ...... marmar Jan 2013 #4

+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #6

Republic Services hfojvt Jan 2013 #11

I have a problem with billionaires giving to charity - hedgehog Jan 2013 #12

+1 xchrom Jan 2013 #14

Well, they're not entirely separate things. nt eppur_se_muova Jan 2013 #15