On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 10:33 AM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Moi aussi! (Though, I've been reminded that not all charity is
> immediately capitalist charity or the equivalent of green
> consumerism.) APR
>
> ^^^^^
> 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
>
>
> Read more:
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1300336/34-billionaires-away-half-wealth.html#ixzz0vk3kWtk4
>
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