[Am-info] AIDS in Africa

[madodel@ptdprolog.net]

Everyone keeps talking like this money is actually being spent.  Its a lot
of stock and a little cash put into a foundation so gates gets a tax
credit, continues to control the stock and gets a lot of positive press
about "billions", when he never rsiks more then what is for him pocket
change.

How much of that is actually going to ever see the light of day outside of
that legal fabrication?  And how much of it will really be gifts in kind
strongarmed from other companies?  


Mark

In <20020225193548.U3654@eyup.org>, on 02/25/02 at 07:35 PM,
   John Poltorak <jp@eyup.org> said:

>On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:48:39AM -0600, Eric M. Hopper wrote: > On Mon,
>Feb 25, 2002 at 12:12:15PM -0500, John J. Urbaniak wrote:

>> I read an article about Gates' philanthropic efforts.  He's approaching
>> them in classic Gates style, holding organizations accountable for
>> results, stomping on toes, and generally rampaging about in a highly
>> focused effort to achieve a goal.  I don't have a lot of doubt that he's
>> actually devoting real personal effort towards achieving the goals of
>> his foundation.

>I, too, could afford to run some sort of benevolent foundation if I had 
>stolen billions of dollars from people. 

>Make no mistake, the Gates Foundation is built on ill-gotten gains which 
>Microsoft has built up over the last ten years since it got away with the
> illegal 'per processor' licensing agreement which established Windows in
> the first place.


>> -- 
>> "It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God.
>> It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."  --- Thomas Jefferson
>> "Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company."  -- Mark Twain
>> -- Eric Hopper (hopper@omnifarious.org  http://www.omnifarious.org/~hopper) --





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