Re:Letter to young people by Carlos Slim
by rriepe on Monday March 15, 2010 @01:41PM
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When you're in the race for richest man in the world, it also helps not to believe in charity, especially when you're up against the likes of Bill Gates, who foolishly gives away billions.
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Perhaps Bill Gates doesn't think of himself as being primarily in that race?
Scratch that-- I had read something that said he didn't believe in charity... but he really just doesn't believe in aspects of it, or rather believes that capitalistic ventures are more beneficial.
It's not like Gates is just handing out 5$ bills and saying "Go get yourself some meth!"
Charity involves research on where your dollars are going as well as the giving. At Gates's level, it involves program creation, not just handing out cash.