--- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > new_morning_blank_slate wrote: > > > > >--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote: > > > > > > > > >>History shows that not to be true at all. Most are just greedy > > >> > > >> > > >bastards > > > > > > > > >>who care little about their fellow humanity. People like Bill Gates > > >> > > >> > > >are > > > > > > > > >>a rare exception > > >> > > >> > > > > > >Well 280 billion annually in american philanthropy sort of deflates > > >your thesis. (Or are you concerned about the miserliness of Europeans > > >-- who have lower levels of philanthropy?) > > > > > >Sure I would love to see american philanthropy at a trillion or 10 > > >trillion a year. European and Asian philanthropy matching such. It can > > > happen. It requires a change of ethos. A softening of world > > >consciousness if you will. Its "progressively" happening. > > > > > >What will stop such in its tracks is confisgatory tax rates of 95-100% > > > > > > > > >>You still don't get that a progressive tax means people won't try to > > >>earn another dime if they are going to pay more in taxes. > > >> > > >> > > > > > >I get it. And I think you You are dead wrong. Many such people will > > >spend every waking hour on how to shelter income. Very unproductive > > >for society to have many of its better minds engaged in such. > > > > > > > > Thanks for proving my point. Anyone who would spend their time doing > > that is mentally imbalanced. They are more in need of a psychiatrist > > than a financial adviser. You must have missed my point about Gates > > being like Hurley on "Lost." Hurley in the series is the unlikely young > > kid who happened to win the lottery and worth millions. Since he knew > > he was no expert on money he has financial manager taking care of his > > investments. In a flashback episode they show him meeting with the > > manager and learning of companies he didn't know he owned. > > > > Interesting thing to say about Gates. His stated goal in life > for several decades was to become the richest man in the world...
He has said publicly that before he dies, he wants to give away 96 percent of his fortune. It's not impossible that's *why* he wanted to become the richest man in the world: so he could give most of it away. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/6pRQfA/fOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
