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littlemissmartypants

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7. All of Bill and Melissa and their multiple narratives deserve the
Fri Feb 1, 2019, 10:05 PM
Feb 2019

Same treatment. The fact that they believe they can run roughshod over people and their cultural, personal and societal ways and beliefs, from American to Africa, just because they have money is criminal.

They have endorsed a birth control method that is toxic, doesn't work and harms women and families for years, Essure. If it were not for a grassroots effort by women in the USA and other participant countries worldwide, which has for years championed the push to have it removed from the market, many women would still be getting implanted with this horrible device.

The Gates Foundation has continued to financially support the implantation of African women with the full knowledge of the dangers associated with Essure. It is not clear, though the FDA will be pulling the device, thanks to the persistent efforts of women suffering irreparable damage by the device, if the Gates Foundation plans to stop paying for the implants in Africa.

Money can't buy morals.

https://essureproblems.webs.com/home

Gates has been wealthy for so long, he is now out of touch democratisphere Feb 2019 #1
And he feels that his wealth makes him infallible. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #2
Agreed. democratisphere Feb 2019 #3
You do know what the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation does don't you? still_one Feb 2019 #5
How does that relate to this article? guillaumeb Feb 2019 #9
It relates to the comments being made how out of touch Gates is. He isn't out of touch, People like still_one Feb 2019 #13
And in a higher tax system, guillaumeb Feb 2019 #16
Sure. But I also know most of their support and development democratisphere Feb 2019 #15
He was born into a fairly well off household. Blue_true Feb 2019 #14
Gates' statement is demonstrably true. X_Digger Feb 2019 #4
Agree Sgent Feb 2019 #6
Oh that correlation thing dpibel Feb 2019 #11
Who said it did? Bill Gates didn't. Or did you reply without even looking at the tweet? n/t X_Digger Feb 2019 #12
The comments to the tweet were far more informative than the tweet. Blue_true Feb 2019 #17
Even at 30/40 years, we're still better than we were then. X_Digger Feb 2019 #18
If you took any period during that 200 years, both our arguments will seem true. Blue_true Feb 2019 #19
One is statistically, provably true. X_Digger Feb 2019 #20
True. Blue_true Feb 2019 #21
All of Bill and Melissa and their multiple narratives deserve the littlemissmartypants Feb 2019 #7
Very well said. guillaumeb Feb 2019 #10
Thanks for posting that article as a leader. Here's a link to the original... KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #8
New word: "tycoonsplaining" nt eppur_se_muova Feb 2019 #22
Another category of "explaining"? Agreed. eom guillaumeb Feb 2019 #23
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