Bill Gates net worth now at $90B

[~primetime~]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/23/tech...hp-toplead-dom

He plans on leaving each of his 3 children just $10m each. The rest will be given to charity.

He has also talked other billionaires, like Buffet, into doing the same.

Gates probably deserves a lot more praise than he gets...

[UK2K]

If he were a true giver, he'd have never reached that amount to begin with.

[fiddy]

If he were a true giver, he'd have never reached that amount to begin with.

Yup, libcucks falling it doe.

[~primetime~]

He's already given over $30B to charity, as well as quit his job at MS to dedicate the rest of his life to charity work...He is also usually the top charity giver in the US every year.

But yeah, not a 'true giver'

[UK2K]

Yup, libcucks falling it doe.

Imagine how much less we'd have to pay in taxes if the super rich, particularly the ones who urge all of us to donate and save the environment and pay more taxes, just donated their ridiculous wealth...

How many actors and actresses in Hollywood parrot the same message, only to hop in their quarter million dollar car and speed off to their private island?

Why don't you donate your own money, so I don't have to? Why do you NEED me to donate too?

[UK2K]

He's already given over $30B to charity, as well as quit his job at MS to dedicate the rest of his life to charity work...He is also usually the top charity giver in the US every year.

But yeah, not a 'true giver'

He's sitting on $90B...

That's a lot of MY taxes I don't have to pay if he donated it all. He can get by on a billion, yes? So donate the other $89B and so I don't have to keep paying for people to exist.

[~primetime~]

He's sitting on $90B...

That's a lot of MY taxes I don't have to pay if he donated it all. He can get by on a billion, yes? So donate the other $89B and so I don't have to keep paying for people to exist.

If he gave it all away now, it would end up being billions and billions less in charity when he dies.

If he had donated his entire fortune 10 years ago when his net worth was $30B...then he never would have $90B to donate...charity losses $60B

[~primetime~]

also charity work >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> your taxes

[Snarky Narc]

http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/23/tech...hp-toplead-dom

He plans on leaving each of his 3 children just $10m each. The rest will be given to charity.

He has also talked other billionaires, like Buffet, into doing the same.

Gates probably deserves a lot more praise than he gets...

[Snarky Narc]

If he were a true giver, he'd have never reached that amount to begin with.

So you don't want him to supply jobs?

[Snarky Narc]

If he gave it all away now, it would end up being billions and billions less in charity when he dies.

If he had donated his entire fortune 10 years ago when his net worth was $30B...then he never would have $90B to donate...charity losses $60B

[UK2K]

So you don't want him to supply jobs?

Oh NOW we want him to keep his money, because keeping the money supplies jobs?

Shit... You sound like a Republican.

[Akrazotile]

"Gives it to charity"


What does this mean?

Does anyone even care?


If I give a homeless person 10 bucks, they keep living on the street instead of being forced to seek shelter at a resource center that can better help them for the long term. Did I give to charity?

Curing polio and malaria in dirt poor countries where resources are already spread thin. More babies survive, but the resources are still scarce. This increases poverty.

Is that charity?



The problem is, we as a society are so quick to fall for anything that sounds nice on the surface. We don't truly examine cause and effect, and what the true meaning of "good" or "right" actually is. It's just whatever triggers an immediate emotional synapse, regardless of how shallow the actual concept.

This is why Plato said society is ****ed until the day we are ruled by "Philosopher Kings." Because the purpose of philosophy is inquiry into the truth. And if we aren't doing that, how can we even know if WHAT we're doing makes any sense? We operate like chickens with our heads cut off. No consideration of long term consequences.

Of course, power hungry monarchs cannot be "Philosopher kings." So what I believe he means is that we must ALL become philosophers. Rule by philosopher kings means a democracy of people who've reached the apex level of philosophy. THEN we can achieve the things that are truly best to achieve.


Thank you for your time.

[Akrazotile]

If he gave it all away now, it would end up being billions and billions less in charity when he dies.

But what if he fixed problems right now that are going to otherwise exacerbate in scope by the time he dies? If he fixes them now, maybe so much charity won't be necessary 20-30 years down the line?

[qrich]

I wish my parents left me only $10M