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Warren Buffett donates 1 billion dollars to the Bill Gates Foundation (Original Post) bigdarryl Jul 2012 OP
OH!! I forgot he said no to the SuperPacs bigdarryl Jul 2012 #1
Really? Indydem Jul 2012 #2
Like the way they're trying to solve the problems in education? MadHound Jul 2012 #3
OH PLEASE it's a tax write off for him he gets most of that money back bigdarryl Jul 2012 #4
You think thats how a tax deduction works? Indydem Jul 2012 #5
 

Indydem

(2,642 posts)
2. Really?
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 02:52 PM
Jul 2012

The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is trying to solve the worlds real problems, and you berate the guy because he won't donate to a SuperPAC for your guy? He's helping BILLIONS of people with that money.

Get some perspective.

 

MadHound

(34,179 posts)
3. Like the way they're trying to solve the problems in education?
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 02:59 PM
Jul 2012

Sorry, but the Gates aren't the beneficial, benign philanthropers you think they are. They have an agenda and are actively pursuing it. One of their big pushes is the destruction of the American public education system as we know it.

I don't care whether Buffet donates to a super PAC or not, but he certainly could have found much more worthy organizations to donate to than the Gates foundation.

 

bigdarryl

(13,190 posts)
4. OH PLEASE it's a tax write off for him he gets most of that money back
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 03:00 PM
Jul 2012

Nothing wrong with him donating I'm just saying our Millionaires and Billionaires have been acting like cowards on this SuperPac issue they rather take the high road.Well taking the high road gets you no where but a lost look what happened to Fingold in Wisconsin trying to take the high road by not taking certain money

 

Indydem

(2,642 posts)
5. You think thats how a tax deduction works?
Tue Jul 10, 2012, 03:53 PM
Jul 2012

You "get it back"?

You need some perspective, friend.

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