Capitalism’s giants. Self-made billionaires. American folk heroes. Embodiments of the American dream. Civicly engaged. Deeply generous. Liberals all.
Warren Buffett, Ted Turner, Bill Gates
watching them now from this morning’s This Week show.
LOOKING FOR LIFE BEYOND CABLE NEWS AND FINDING THAT RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
You can have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, or democracy. But you cannot have both.
- Louis BrandeisTension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are.
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Amen! Nice to know they feel a responsibility for the world and have the funds to make lives better and DO it!
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Amen! Nice to know they feel a responsibility for the world and have the funds to make lives better and DO it!
And no government mandate that they do so.
How refreshing.
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I don’t get link to the show. Should I?
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I didn’t link to it. Should be at ABC News website.
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Yep – good stuff.
And interesting reasoning for not giving their kids everything. Let them build their own lives – for their own good.
Ted on his loss of fortune.. from 10 to 2.. and losing his job, wife and a grandchild – all in one year. Life sure comes in bulks sometimes..
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Had no idea he’d lost that much money. And here he is planning to pretty much give away the rest of it!
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Yeah. Good man.
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