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In reply to the discussion: Bill and Melinda Gates have a plan for income inequality [View all]mucifer
(23,487 posts)1. I don't want us to be the playthings of the wealthy.
That's the way I see it. They made their money by oppressing others, now they get to feel great about themselves.
Maybe I'm just cynical, but that's the way I see it.
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Perhaps charter schools "are having incredible success getting students into four-year colleges"
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2015
#2
The secret is that children whose parents apply for places in charter schools probably come from
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#29
The Chinese factories. Shipping jobs overseas has also done a lot of damage to people here.
mucifer
Jan 2015
#54
Sounds like they are getting a bit nervous about what the people are finding out.
sabrina 1
Jan 2015
#3
+100. and we can guess why; africa is the next china, so gotta lay the ground. people like
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#61
So I see multiple negative comments here about their wealth, and nothing about what they're doing
kysrsoze
Jan 2015
#4
What's your point? Everything else is moot? And BTW - your statement is incorrect. See link:
kysrsoze
Jan 2015
#8
Huh? Even Forbes (magazine of capitalist pig wanna-bes) says gates' wealth is up.
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#11
And again, what's your point? Would you just as soon see them quit the philanthropy?
kysrsoze
Jan 2015
#13
Yes, I'd gladly trade their philanthropy (much of which has two faces, ulterior motives, etc) for
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#16
I'd rather see philanthropy AND a complete rewrite of the American/global capitalistic economic syst
kysrsoze
Jan 2015
#23
charter schools are often for profit entities that suck money from the public school fund, and
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#7
more often than not especially the newest ones. It's the new hot business. They saw they potential
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#10
something I think that today's educational experts especially American ones don't get is that
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#15
lots of ways to make money off non-profits. like by charging high 'rent' for your own properties,
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#62
They're already hoarding their money. Foundations are one of the ways they hoard it. I'd
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#30
Philanthropy is important, but as one who has written a lot of grants to both private foundations,
JDPriestly
Jan 2015
#32
Agreed. This charter school movement and the emphasis on testing testing testing
wavesofeuphoria
Jan 2015
#46
they grow wealthier as they have investments. the gates have made a huge positive difference in the
La Lioness Priyanka
Jan 2015
#14
It actively works against some level of income equality, you mean. It's the reason the world
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#17
no, i dont think philanthropy actively works against income equality
La Lioness Priyanka
Jan 2015
#19
Funny that there have been two historical periods in the US in which philanthropy played an outsized
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#21
They can -- but not in this case. And if you read the history of the origins of the big foundations,
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#25
We must approach income inequality by increasing funding for all education, get rid of the minimum
liberal_at_heart
Jan 2015
#18
is it? i disagree. the gates don't bitch about taxes; they just buy politicians who'll help them
ND-Dem
Jan 2015
#38