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General => The Cantina => Topic started by: gleek on July 15, 2010, 10:27:20 AM



Title: Trickle down economics
Post by: gleek on July 15, 2010, 10:27:20 AM
Link (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Billionaire-Paul-Allen-apf-2689349751.html?x=0&.v=2)

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SEATTLE (AP) -- Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen said Thursday that the majority of his wealth will go to philanthropy after his death.

The Seattle billionaire says that has been his plan for years.

A spokesman for the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Aaron Blank, said the announcement was a response to last month's challenge from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who asked other billionaires to pledge at least half their wealth to charity. This is the first time Allen has publicly announced his intentions, Blank said.

Of course, there are only so many people who are so obscenely wealthy that they'd be willing to do this.


Title: Re: Trickle down economics
Post by: Blader on July 16, 2010, 11:56:52 AM
why do people with malaria and other horrible diseases get all the breaks?