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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:31 PM Original message |
Bill Gates's philanthropy costs him richest-man title |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. I'd prefer that Gates kept his money and they were not working so furiously to privatize our schools |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Money that advocates for a position someone holds is not charity. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:41 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. True, but all the money they're spending on third-world |
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crazyjoe (921 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. But but, they aren't spending money, they are giving discounts on licensing for their software. :-) |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. I was commenting on the school comment. |
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The Nexus (231 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. And tax deductable. nt |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. OK... |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
5. Some call it philanthropy. Others call it social engineering |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Exactly. I would refer to it as "distraction". nt |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. The people... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Sorry, I'm not buying your delusional American Dream. nt |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:03 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. A dream = reality? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. If people are not unhappy with this system they are not paying attention - |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:20 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I think that we sort of agree |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. We do agree there - |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:28 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. People getting paid usually do |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 04:29 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. Gates doesn't give money to poor people. |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 05:11 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Who then? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
24. I imagine what one calls it... |
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n2doc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. True of most things n/t |
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xCrushx (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #5 |
30. His money has helped pay half of my AP exam fee and fund materials for my public school classes |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
6. Simply awesome responses on this thread |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Excellent response |
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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. +1 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Not a single post that credits him? |
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Rebubula (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Fine...fine... |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 02:58 AM Response to Reply #20 |
39. ROFL! |
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AtheistCrusader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 04:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. I'm a little too appalled to chime in. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. I was just about to post "Good for him" but then I saw the "Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim" reference |
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speltwon (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Agree. I have a friend who used to work for the Gates Foundation |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #6 |
35. What myths would you have believed about Rockefeller, or Vanderbilt, or Boss Frick? |
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Frank Booth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Don't forget, people here don't "hate the rich" when it comes to the |
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pasto76 (835 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. what a stupiud headline. How does heloing people "cost" anyone anything? |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 02:42 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. How "helping" costs. |
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Fire1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. Oh boo hoo. n/t |
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marasinghe (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
33. my major problem with this: the palpable asskissing in the headline. |
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24601 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-08-11 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Bill gives it away thereby funding the things HE wants rather than |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 01:00 AM Response to Original message |
36. i admire bill gates philanthropy. his work in malaria and hiv prevention |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-09-11 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
38. Well you know it is all about who does #1 on whom. |
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