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But you can not deny the amount of money this man has donated to charities.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/un_health_gates

Gates Adds $250M to Fight Against Diseases​


GENEVA - Microsoft Corp. chairman
Bill Gates, in announcing an expansion to the $4 billion he's already spent on health initiatives, said he wants to step up the focus on the diseases that afflict poorer nations.

In an interview, he said those illnesses are generally ignored by pharmaceutical companies because they are unknown in wealthier nations, contributing to inequities in health conditions between the poor and the rich.

"I was stunned as I learned about these gaps," Gates told The Associated Press. "Another way of putting that is that we treat the value of human lives equally and say we're willing to invent the medicines and spend the money to make sure that children survive and we get rid of these epidemic diseases."

Gates also said he is using the same strategy that succeeded in building Microsoft to tackle
AIDS, malaria and other deadly diseases around the world.

The featured speaker at the
World Health Organization's annual assembly, Gates told the 192-nation body that he was adding $250 million — for a total of $450 million — to a project he began in 2003 to get the world's top scientific minds to take on the deadliest diseases.

Scientists from more than 80 countries sent in thousands of pages of ideas, he said. Ideas included vaccines that don't need refrigeration, easy-to-use devices to detect life-threatening fevers and drugs that attack diseases hiding from the immune system.

"We were so taken with the response that we increased our commitment to this research," Gates told the assembly.

Gates said in a 15-minute interview that using great minds was part of the approach he has used in building Microsoft.

"The idea of hiring very smart people and getting them to take on very optimistic goals and finding partners and believing in science — that's very similar to the work I do at Microsoft," he said.

"Of course, it's different, but a lot of elements of what you need to bring together are very much the same. It's the same idea as creating things that are going to have to be extremely low cost, but that can benefit millions and millions of people."

Since 1995 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has contributed more than $4 billion to global health, an aide said.

Gates, 49, said he and his wife, Melinda, became deeply involved in philanthropy in the past 10 years even though he had always thought he would wait until he was in his 60s. He said the crisis in world health made them realize that "by acting now you could have such a dramatic effect on this generation and future generations."

Gates said there was an additional payoff to fighting the diseases of the poor.

"We found out that as you improved health, it reduces population growth," he said. "That creates a virtuous cycle where you have more resources to educate a kid, feed a kid and get on the ladder of development."

It is easier to avoid corruption in providing health care than in big construction projects, he said.

"You can often track the spending all the way from the grant down to the child who needs to receive the immunization," Gates said. "We still have to be very careful. We have to have lots of measurements in place."

Gates said another setback can come from opponents to immunization drives, as happened when a Nigerian state boycotted the attempt to eliminate polio because of fears the vaccine was part of plot to make Muslims sterile.

"Vaccination campaigns often run into this question: Is there some hidden agenda? Something wrong with it? Even in the United States you'll often see articles about the anti-vaccine crowd, and the awful thing is that can scare people away and in many cases even in rich countries you've ended up with a lack of coverage that has ended up in children dying."
 
I guess that money comes from the loose change in all his cars.

Good for Bill. Any dontation to a charity is admirable.
 
Oh...I read the title and came here to defend Winicki...

Never mind...
 
Do you think he would still donate if it wasn't Tax deductible?

Nooooooo..He's saving money by Donating..So I choose not to praise him for it...
 
Irvinite said:
Do you think he would still donate if it wasn't Tax deductible?

Nooooooo..He's saving money by Donating..So I choose not to praise him for it...


There is a LIMIT on how much you get tax deductable on giving to charity....I am pretty sure he is WAY beyond that limit.

Besides makes no difference either way....that is about 3.5 Billion more dollars then most give to charity...and it is still going to charity.

:rolleyes:

Do you think the people who get help due to that charity money care if SOME of it was a tax break? Or could he just not send any money (because it is still money out of pocket) and those people never get the treatment?
 
Irvinite said:
Do you think he would still donate if it wasn't Tax deductible?

Nooooooo..He's saving money by Donating..So I choose not to praise him for it...

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So charity is only admirable at when no benefit is gained?
 
Crown Royal said:
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So charity is only admirable at when no benefit is gained?


You know I could understand if he gave just enough to get the maximum deduction and never a penny more.

But he has given MUCH more....I also think it was he who spurred on other people of wealth to give more then the minimum.
 
All big Companys do it for Tax shelters..But thats the purpose of a tax Shelter to push companys to give money to charities....

So to answer your Question, no it's not "admirable"....Appreciated yes

Do I thank him NO..Do I thank the system Yes...
 
Irvinite said:
All big Companys do it for Tax shelters..But thats the purpose of a tax Shelter to push companys to give money to charities....

So to answer your Question, no it's not "admirable"....Appreciated yes

Do I thank him NO..Do I thank the system Yes...

Like brain said - if he had only posted to the the max of the tax shelter, it would be different. But he has donated 4 billion + to charity. That's a lot of money.

When does it become admirable to you? Half his wealth? 3/4? He gives, and there is no quantification on that.
 
When someone can show me proof there are no ulterior motives ...Everything I've ever read,heard and seen about him leads me to believe he's not a generous man..Now if you choose to admire him,more power to ya. :D

I'm sure it's not the first time you've been wrong.. :p: :D
 
He is a good guy, I can't remember where I read it but he plans to donate like 90% or more of his money when he dies.
 
I'll admire him more if he gave 10 million to everyone in the USA, not already a millionaire.:D

Isn't he at the level of wealth that if he was walking down the street and 500,000 dollars was lying there it would not be worth his time to bend over to pick it up?
 
Because of Bill Gates, I was able to feed my kids for several years. I met him a few years back when I was with Intel. He is a very intelligent and giving man. He gives several times over the maximun for tax breaks. He is to be commended for his humanity. Even with all the legal troubles he had for so many years, he still gives from the heart and the pocketbook more than ANYONE else.

Bravo Mr Gates... BRAVO
 
Princess said:
Because of Bill Gates, I was able to feed my kids for several years. I met him a few years back when I was with Intel. He is a very intelligent and giving man. He gives several times over the maximun for tax breaks. He is to be commended for his humanity. Even with all the legal troubles he had for so many years, he still gives from the heart and the pocketbook more than ANYONE else.

Bravo Mr Gates... BRAVO


Until I see his name here with a little "zone supporter" sign underneath it, I ain't gonna be happy.

:D

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