Quote from ptrjon:
i'm afraid that as buffett and gates push for such action, we will end up doing things that continue to fuel overpopulation, and with scarce resources, this may lead to some dire situations- perhaps even nuclear war.
People are living longer across the entire globe than they used to, and are having more children than ever. On a micro level, helping people who are starving and dying is great. But when we're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars- I'm not sure. You can buy a lot of rice with that kind of money.
Historically, overpopulation + scarce resources -> war. This sounds dark, but it's just my observation- I hope I'm wrong.
Quote from Options_Seller:
It's a PR stunt, nothing more, nothing less....he has to look compassionate and caring while standing on the grave stones of several companies MSFT has destoyed...
Quote from peilthetraveler:
I find it very hypocritical that a man like him spends his whole life attaining wealth through capitalism, and at times playing dirty to maintain that wealth sometimes putting someone else out of business, then say at the end of his life he wants that wealth spread around like a socialist because he thinks that much money would ruin someone else.
Bill Gates is like a kid who will break his favorite toy, just so another kid cant have fun with it. First class asshole if you ask me.
Quote from Larson:
I agree with this one. Good businessman does not equal a good father or even a decent human being. This joker (Gates) always has an ulterior motive.
Quote from joe4422:
I'm so tired of people calling Buffett and Gate's givings a PR stunt. No, it's not. Giving a 100 million dollars is a PR stunt. Giving over half your fortune, is not a PR stunt.
Quote from indahook:
His success has muddled his worldview. He will leave the money to charities or other organizations that will squander it on useless social programs or steal it when he is gone. What a shame....
Quote from RCG Trader:
Only problem with your thesis is that scarce resources is an artificial concept.
http://spectator.org/archives/2005/04/13/from-breadbasket-to-dustbowl
UNTIL 2000, ZIMBABWE WAS the breadbasket of Africa, exporting wheat, tobacco, and corn to the rest of the continent and beyond. Zimbabwe contains the most fertile farmland on the continent, and until recently was a tourist Mecca, home of Victoria Falls, one the seven natural wonders of the world, and numerous game reserves, now nearly emptied by poachers and starving peasants. The newly independent country had yet more advantages, including excellent transportation and banking systems for its agricultural, mining, and tourism industries