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NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Bill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045

www.watoday.com.au

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Bill Gates vows to give away 99 per cent of his fortune by 2045

www.watoday.com.au

NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.world to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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“I will give away virtually all my wealth”: The Microsoft billionaire has pledged his foundation will distribute $US200 billion over the next 20 years.
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    Don’t get fooled, nothing changed he just step up his pr game

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielshapiro/2021/01/14/americas-biggest-owner-of-farmland-is-now-bill-gates-bezos-turner/

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      what’s to be fooled with? i appreciate that he donates and advocates to help people with his money

      there are plenty of other billionaires you’ll never hear of and they’ll never have to hear you complain because they don’t step into the limelight at all and just horde their money instead

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        24 hours ago

        He donates as a form of investment to avoid paying taxes and to clean his image.

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          i don’t really give a shit why he’s donating and i don’t know why you attach yourself to conspiracy theories like a trump supporter, he’s donating, he’s helping, that’s all i need to know:

          Before the Gates efforts on malaria, malaria drugmakers had largely given up on producing drugs to fight the disease, and the foundation is the world’s largest donor to research on diseases of the poor.[139]

          With the help of Gates-funded vaccination drives, deaths from measles in Africa have dropped by 90 percent since 2000.[140]

          The foundation has donated billions of dollars to help sufferers of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, protecting millions of children from death at the hands of preventable diseases.[140]

          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation

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            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation#Criticism

            They have an entire criticism section that doesn’t even list everything people in this thread are saying.

            Are you aware where you are and how lemmy works?

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