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"Robert Cohen" |
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05 Nov 2006 04:37:17 PM |
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The New Philanthropy |
I watched a short bit about rational philanthropy on "YOUR MONEY" on
CNN.
It describes the Bill Gates/Warren Buffet zillions now being dedicated
to international charities.
Well, Gates requires results-oriented charity.
So, at least their ("our") hard-earned moneys won't be so easily
stolen/squandered, as seemingly is apparently all too oftyen the sad
reality.
Ya gotta respect Gates (nevermind the @#$%^&*()_+ trouble you have with
his software annoyances & semi-terrific bizness practices).
And speaking of rational charity stuff:
The piece emphasized those very small common sensical loans (that got
the Bangladesh banker a Nobel).
They'll loan a skillful but very poor seamtress a few dollars, and she
starts a constructive sewing business, actually eventually re-paying
the loan.
And thus, I suppose that ole Mike's...C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M thereaby
ain't always totally immoral exploitation of the poor.
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| User: "Robert Cohen" |
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| Title: Re: The New Philanthropy |
05 Nov 2006 07:15:56 PM |
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A related article:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1106/p25s01-wmgn.html
Robert Cohen wrote:
I watched a short bit about rational philanthropy on "YOUR MONEY" on
CNN.
It describes the Bill Gates/Warren Buffet zillions now being dedicated
to international charities.
Well, Gates requires results-oriented charity.
So, at least their ("our") hard-earned moneys won't be so easily
stolen/squandered, as seemingly is apparently all too oftyen the sad
reality.
Ya gotta respect Gates (nevermind the @#$%^&*()_+ trouble you have with
his software annoyances & semi-terrific bizness practices).
And speaking of rational charity stuff:
The piece emphasized those very small common sensical loans (that got
the Bangladesh banker a Nobel).
They'll loan a skillful but very poor seamtress a few dollars, and she
starts a constructive sewing business, actually eventually re-paying
the loan.
And thus, I suppose that ole Mike's...C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M thereaby
ain't always totally immoral exploitation of the poor.
.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: The New Philanthropy |
05 Nov 2006 10:32:10 PM |
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You are right. With safety and security comes responsibility. The
problem arises when a mass group of people who own everything decide
not to share even a single penny with those who put in an honest day's
worth of work and still don't get results. It's unlikely that that
always happens in the U.S.A., but I'm sure it happens to a certain
extent.
A squirrel should only keep so many acorns to itself. If the squirrel
has enough acorns saved up to feed its family for the next ten winters
and there is a steady, sure stream of acorns to appear in subsequent
years, it would be flat out selfish for that squirrel to keep all the
acorns to itself.
Robert Cohen wrote:
I watched a short bit about rational philanthropy on "YOUR MONEY" on
CNN.
It describes the Bill Gates/Warren Buffet zillions now being dedicated
to international charities.
Well, Gates requires results-oriented charity.
So, at least their ("our") hard-earned moneys won't be so easily
stolen/squandered, as seemingly is apparently all too oftyen the sad
reality.
Ya gotta respect Gates (nevermind the @#$%^&*()_+ trouble you have with
his software annoyances & semi-terrific bizness practices).
And speaking of rational charity stuff:
The piece emphasized those very small common sensical loans (that got
the Bangladesh banker a Nobel).
They'll loan a skillful but very poor seamtress a few dollars, and she
starts a constructive sewing business, actually eventually re-paying
the loan.
And thus, I suppose that ole Mike's...C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M thereaby
ain't always totally immoral exploitation of the poor.
.
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| User: "Robert Cohen" |
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| Title: Re: The New Philanthropy |
06 Nov 2006 08:07:35 AM |
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I tried to find the exact article about Bill Gates to explain my
observation of their tv program yesterday:
Bill Gates & Warren Buffet are manifestly brilliant and ...ultimately
altruistic & generous with their fortunes humanistic distributions.
They are seemingly wisely & carefully administering their
charity/philanthropy.
There will thus be no petty cynicism from me; though while trying to
find that cite about the "new philanthropy" on CNN yesterday, I see
that Buffet is being harshly criticized for (apparently) supporting
birth control.
Thus: No good humanistic deed goes un-criticized in our diverse,
complex pluralistic world.
Meanwhile: Here are some appropriate citations & links, while I'm sure
that their "new philanthropy" story's further explanation is out there
somewhere that I yet cannot find
http://search.cnn.com/pages/search.jsp?query=bill%20gates%20%20philanthropy
alrahimt@gmail.com wrote:
You are right. With safety and security comes responsibility. The
problem arises when a mass group of people who own everything decide
not to share even a single penny with those who put in an honest day's
worth of work and still don't get results. It's unlikely that that
always happens in the U.S.A., but I'm sure it happens to a certain
extent.
A squirrel should only keep so many acorns to itself. If the squirrel
has enough acorns saved up to feed its family for the next ten winters
and there is a steady, sure stream of acorns to appear in subsequent
years, it would be flat out selfish for that squirrel to keep all the
acorns to itself.
Robert Cohen wrote:
I watched a short bit about rational philanthropy on "YOUR MONEY" on
CNN.
It describes the Bill Gates/Warren Buffet zillions now being dedicated
to international charities.
Well, Gates requires results-oriented charity.
So, at least their ("our") hard-earned moneys won't be so easily
stolen/squandered, as seemingly is apparently all too oftyen the sad
reality.
Ya gotta respect Gates (nevermind the @#$%^&*()_+ trouble you have with
his software annoyances & semi-terrific bizness practices).
And speaking of rational charity stuff:
The piece emphasized those very small common sensical loans (that got
the Bangladesh banker a Nobel).
They'll loan a skillful but very poor seamtress a few dollars, and she
starts a constructive sewing business, actually eventually re-paying
the loan.
And thus, I suppose that ole Mike's...C-A-P-I-T-A-L-I-S-M thereaby
ain't always totally immoral exploitation of the poor.
.
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