Bill Gates urges fellow rich to share their wealth

vow66

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Thu Jun-04-09 02:07 PM
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Bill Gates urges fellow rich to share their wealth

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The world's richest man Bill Gates Wednesday urged fellow billionaires to give away most of their wealth, saying sharing brought far more joy than passing on money to descendants.

"I think all billionaires should give away the vast majority of their fortune," the Microsoft co-founder, who has given away a large part of his 40-billion-dollar fortune to fight poverty and disease, said at a public debate.

"I'm not saying they shouldn't leave anything for their kids or to have a little bit for themselves but yes, I think they would enjoy it, I think their kids would be better off, and I think the world would be better off.

"I want to share with them how much fun we've had."

Fellow American Warren Buffet, the world's second richest man with a fortune estimated at 37 billion dollars, had announced in 2006 that he would leave a part of his wealth to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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targetpractice

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Thu Jun-04-09 02:11 PM
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1. Coincidentally, I was just watching this...

Zbigniew Brzezinski eloquently calling for the same thing...

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DJ13

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Thu Jun-04-09 02:12 PM
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2. Gates is a Commie Socialist Marxist

-Rush

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vow66

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Thu Jun-04-09 02:27 PM
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4. Rush Limbaugh

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Joe Chi Minh

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Thu Jun-04-09 05:13 PM
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9. ... who happens to be very close with Monsanto. The Third World's own Terminator:

Edited on Thu Jun-04-09 05:16 PM by Joe Chi Minh

http://www.newstin.co.uk/tag/uk/97161159

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MasonJar

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Thu Jun-04-09 08:33 PM
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12. Gates lost me on that. How obscene to think your company or anyone

else's has the right to patent the seeds of the world.

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imdjh

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Thu Jun-04-09 02:12 PM
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3. Once again we get screwed over by the rich and the poor

Edited on Thu Jun-04-09 02:13 PM by imdjh

All these guys ever want to do is make oodles of money, and then give it to the poor. Talk about communism or socialism- that's fucked up. Now personally, I suspect that if you have 40 billion dollars then you MIGHT have been overcharging a bit, but on the scale it wouldn't take much would it?

Anyway, I want charity. I want someone to build me a new house. I want my kid to go to college for free= and I want Bill Gates to pay for it. Fuck poor people- they didn't make Bill Gates rich. Middle class people made Bill Gates rich. It's time for the money to come home.

/half serious

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ShortnFiery

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:21 PM
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8. Whoa! I'd love to be a fly on the Pearly Gates when you have that conference with Saint Peter.

;) "Fuck poor people- they didn't make Bill Gates rich."

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Aristus

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Thu Jun-04-09 02:46 PM
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5. Or actually: giving it back to the workers who earned it for you.

n/t

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Politicalboi

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Thu Jun-04-09 03:47 PM
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6. What's his address?

I would like a million dollars please. Send money order or check to......
I wonder how that would go over?

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ShortnFiery

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Thu Jun-04-09 04:19 PM
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7. Oh, but what would a poor Paris Hilton do to pay the rent?

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imdjh

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Thu Jun-04-09 06:10 PM
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11. Same thing she doesn't now, but the job title would be more traditional.

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cornermouse

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Thu Jun-04-09 06:07 PM
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10. It would be more to the point if he reopened jobs here in the U.S.

and urged his fellow billionaires to do the same... But I'm not holding my breath. This is more PR.

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