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Old 06-27-2006, 06:20 AM   #1
Griff
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When Statists really offend

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett on Monday signed over much of his $44 billion fortune to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, uniting the world's two richest people in a bid to fight disease, reduce poverty and improve education.

[rant]NPR spent a lot of time yesterday on the idea that the gummint or "we" in their terminology, need(s) to regulate these folks a lot tighter. Whatever your opinion on Gates the businessman, Gates the Foundation leader uses, of all things, science and reason when determining how best to use his money. This to me is much more effective than going through some hideous political process where all the pressure groups get a taste. The foundation is effective because it has the cash to address problems very directly without kow-towing to folks whose ineptitude has already been proven.[/rant]

BTW- Buffett did a wonderful thing, we should acknowlege that.
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