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#OT# Recession is over!!!

On 4/6/2010 5:43 AM, wrote:
On Apr 6, 1:28 am, wrote:

Your problem is that your beliefs just don't comport with reality.

Hawke

And neither do your beliefs. Try to explain what Bill Gates does. He
is directing money to combating malaria. This will be much more
beneficial that having the government spend the money.

Or take a look at the Howard Hughes medical research center.

Or then there are all the libraries, Andrew Carnegie.

The list is endless. Smart people making lots of money and then
spending the money in ways smarter than the government.

Dan

That's nice but it doesn't mean anything because the actual amount of
money spent by philanthropists to do good is a pittance compared to what
the government does. I'm all for people that have made lots of money
using it to do some good. But I know the facts. Which happen to be that
as a group the wealthy are cheapskates when it comes to giving to the
needy. That is why the government has to do it. The amount given by the
rich just ain't all that much. That's not my belief. That's what the
facts say. Just like the facts say the U.S. government only gives about
1% of GNP in foreign aid. Everyone thinks we're so generous but as a
percentage of what we have we're far behind other countries.

Hawke

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