> Foundations, especially large ones, operate > under considerable IRS scrutiny to ensure that there is no self-dealing on > the part of the benefactors, many of whom do retain control of the programs > undertaken by the foundations they set up.
In the case of Gates and Buffet, the benefactors clearly "do retain control". As for the minimum disbursments, these are peanuts and mainly go to Big Pharma and other institutions which redeem M$ by buying their software. Also, Gates links rather egoistic demands from the supported governments to his "charity" spendings. A privatized version of the IMF, so to speak. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list Futurework@fes.uwaterloo.ca http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
