barc0debaby
Posting Freak
Posts: 2138
Registered: 3-18-2006
Location: My mom's basement
Member Is Offline
Mood: Punk as Fuck
|
|
40 U.S. Billiones pledge half of wealth to charity
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38556042/ns/us_news-giving/
The 40 names that have pledged to date have a combined net worth surpassing $230 billion, according to Forbes. Several of them have said they plan to
give away much more than 50 percent of their wealth. Buffett has promised to donate more than 99 percent of his wealth.
|
|
|
JawnDiablo
Posting Freak
Posts: 12139
Registered: 4-21-2005
Location: 1902666
Member Is Offline
|
|
giving's good right?
|
|
|
BDx13
|
|
yeah, to participate in the giving pledge, they had to commit to giving away a minimum of 50% of their fortune. a lot of these people already give
away hundreds of millions of dollars, they just do it quietly. i think it was larry ellison that said the only reason he agreed to include his name
was because warren buffet asked him to so as to help inspire others.
If I fail math, there goes my chance at a good job and a happy life full of hard work.
|
|
|
lifeisabitch
Posting Freak
Posts: 1259
Registered: 8-31-2009
Member Is Offline
|
|
my biggest problem with giving funds away like this is most of it will go to "non-profits" who's boards of directors end up pocketing more money than
they give to charity...
you want to do good for the people, use that money to start small businesses in America, move your production plants back to the U.S. and hire people
at a fair and decent wage.
|
|
|
spyderdog
Member
Posts: 413
Registered: 2-21-2010
Location: PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Member Is Offline
Mood: my own dumb ass band....yeah im like that
|
|
fuck em
im sure a bunch of those fuckers are wall street types anyway
what? do they want a cookie for giving us OUR money back??
|
|
|
![[*]](images/thorp/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
