So Bill Gates decided to give billions to his worldwide causes

DIABLISS · 2022-07-14T06:43:06-04:00

Famous People - So Bill Gates decided to give billions to his worldwide causes (Quote)...Maybe he should pick... (80 replies).

A Sad Bill Gates Makes a Huge Announcement

...Maybe he should pick one thing and fix it before going onto the next. If i were ridiculously rich i would try to end homelessness.

what would you do?

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whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

Gates thinks globally.. And malaria is the biggest single killer and the biggest handbrake of development in the developing world. And thats where most of his money goes.. Also Warren Buffett passes his chartible gifts to the Gates Foundation, being so impressed with the way its run, so avoid duplicating effort.
I agree homelessness is a massive problem itself. But it is one America is completely capable of solving for itself if the government had the will to do it. That it still exists is an indictment on the State and Federal leadership.😷

DIABLISS

@whowasthatmaskedman i can't even understand why they let the homeless situation get so out of control. It was a problem in the 60's and now it is a pandemic. It would take alot of money to fix but i don't understand why Gates and the like don't solve this particular problem. We as a society would have money to burn if these people were active in society.

chrisCA · M

@DIABLISS In the United States, too many people feel that helping the poor is Socialism.

DIABLISS

@chrisCA people are idiots

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

@DIABLISS I totally agree with everything you say about the problem of the homeless. And I can tell you that the problem is worse in America than most other developed nations. But I see it as a failure of government policy to deal with the problems iof returned damaged Vets, drug dependence and mental illness, which together, account for the majority of those poor souls. This isnt the only example of the US system throwing its most vulnerable under a bus in favour of tax breaks for the rich and corporate greed. One medical support charity that was intended to fly volunteer medical clinics into remote areas of the South American Amazon is now fully committed to regularly run fly in fly out mobile clinics into Virginia and Kentucky.
So as I see it, Why would Gates commit his funds to make up the gap in services for the US government, who have the resources, but choose not to use them for their own people?😷

DIABLISS

@whowasthatmaskedman good points...my only problem is that he needs to pick something and stay with that. if you spread a bunch of money around that is all you are doing...the money flows away like water. Even if he were to spend all of it on making more people like himself...help the startups, etc...i would say "well that's nice. it's his money." and it would be creating jobs and helping people he can relate to. But giving a bunch of money to his organization that is spread out all over the world...well, i don't think that is actually helping anyone. it just seems like a great idea.