^^^^^ CB; Coincidently, this on capitalist charity was just in the news:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1300336/34-billionaires-away-half-wealth.html
The greatest charity giveaway in history? 34 billionaires pledge half of their fortunes By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 11:49 AM on 5th August 2010
Thirty-four U.S. billionaires have today pledged to give away at least 50 per cent of their wealth to charity as part of a campaign by investor Warren Buffett and Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Among the billionaires joining the campaign are New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, entertainment executive Barry Diller, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, energy tycoon T. Boone Pickens, media mogul Ted Turner, banker David Rockefeller and investor Ronald Perelman. The Giving Pledge was started in June by Mr Gates, whose $53billion (£33.3bn) fortune places him second on the Forbes magazine list of the world's