Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuckerberg’s are really bad

Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by jessriedel on Thursday December 03, 2015 @12:15PM (#10670813)

Anyone who thinks that the federal government will spend money better than a charity is free to give it to the IRS. They accept donation. But no one believes this is a good idea, as evidenced by the fact that such donations are many orders of magnitude less than Americans donate to charity.

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Re:Why a German billionaire says that pledges like Mark Zuck... by mnx on Thursday December 03, 2015 @12:37PM (#10671037)

This is a really important point to make. The government may be democratically elected, but that doesn't mean that much, because of how the political system works. When people have the choice directly, they don't vote for the government. Also, comparing track records, the government has a really bad one when it comes to actually helping the poor, not just giving them enough money not to die.

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