“I will give away virtually all my wealth:” The Microsoft billionaire has pledged his foundation will distribute $US200 billion over the next 20 years.
  • radiohead37English
    43·
    14 hours ago

    He has been making this kind of promise since the early 2000s, but never follows through. Just the goal post keeps moving to the right.

    • ripcord@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      12 hours ago

      Supposedly he’s already given away half, why is it unthinkable that he’s planning to give away the other half?

      • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        8 hours ago

        Because good people don’t hoard wealth to begin with.

        He does this so people don’t hate him for helping to destabilize the global economy.

        • finitebanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          I think only allowing bad people to hoard wealth would be a moral failure if a good person had the opportunity to choose.

    • NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      12·
      12 hours ago

      While the goal post keeps moving, it’s the opposite of your statement. As explained in the article:

      That target would represent a doubling in spending for the nonprofit, which has disbursed more than $US100 billion since it was co-founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates in 2000. Originally, the foundation was set to close 20 years after the Microsoft co-founder’s death.

      “I have decided to give my money back to society much faster than I had originally planned,” Gates, 69, wrote in a statement. “I will give away virtually all my wealth through the Gates Foundation over the next 20 years to the cause of saving and improving lives around the world.”