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- cuke426
http://givingpledge.org/#enter
~40 billionaires pledge to donate >50% of net worth to charity. started by gates and buffett. that's so cool.
- d_rek0
Yeah. Awesome.
How about they give me some fucking coin so I can pay down my student loans and start the spiral of indebtedness all over again?
- georgesIII0
any charity or charities of their own,
so they can cut taxes?
- dMullins0
Surprised more people aren't talking about this. I heard a soundbyte on NPR this morning where Warren Buffet said, "I have more money than I could ever spend. Rather than pass along money to my kids, I would rather leave the world in better shape for them." I really appreciated hearing that from Buffet, but I also think it's funny that anyone would ever HAVE more money than they could ever spend in the first place.
- Also, his kids probably shit bricks when they heard that, which in and of itself is a hilarious thought.dMullins
- His kids are billionaires by association and will be for the rest of their known lives - they could probably care less what daddy does with his coin.d_rek
- daddy does with his coin.d_rek
- Also, Purple Monkey Dishwasher.d_rek
- His kids are active in their own right and have been for a whileformed
- Well fuck it. Still funny to me.dMullins
- its_only_me0
They've been saying this for a long time, but they just wont die.
*please dont die anytime soon warren buffet or I'll feel really bad.
- plash0
there is this movie called "Born Rich" by one if the Johnson & Johnson heirs. basically none of benefactors do anything. They can't or wont work in the family business due to the politics so life has become a hobby for them; they collect things or engage in sport ... the typical.
cant imagine it sits well with gates or buffet knowing their money will be fought over by generations to come just so they dont have to work...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0342…
movie has some very rich kiddies.
Bloomberg, Trump, Newhouse, Hartford and a lot more..- i'm going to check this out on netflix. seems interesting.capn_ron
- ernexbcn0
I don't see Hedge on that list