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Ankf00
06-25-06, 08:55 PM
Mostly to the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation, 85% of his 40+B.

http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/25/magazines/fortune/charity1.fortune/index.htm?cnn=yes

:eek: :thumbup:
oddlycalm
06-26-06, 03:11 PM
Not only will that double the size of the BAMG fund, but he's also going to double the foundation his wife set up.

A lot of folks that will be disappointed in the whole deal though. They were secretly hoping he and Gates would pool their money and buy France so they could spend the rest of their days dictating rules to live by, pushing people around just for drill and generally being dicks. :gomer:

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extramundane
06-26-06, 03:21 PM
Now if only we could convince Jimmy Buffett to go away...
racer2c
06-26-06, 03:35 PM
Why don't they just give every person in the US one million dollars each? Problem solved, no need for charities and they have money left over.

Then I could buy a bigger boat. :thumbup:
Cam
06-26-06, 03:47 PM
Why don't they just give every person in the US one million dollars each? Problem solved, no need for charities and they have money left over.

Then I could buy a bigger boat. :thumbup:

Hell... I would settle for a couple of hundred K! Wonder if I went grovelling.... :cry:
Ankf00
06-26-06, 04:22 PM
Why don't they just give every person in the US one million dollars each? Problem solved, no need for charities and they have money left over.



If Buffet split his 40B up amongst 300M americans, we'd all get ~$133, not 1M ;)
racer2c
06-26-06, 04:32 PM
If Buffet split his 40B up amongst 300M americans, we'd all get ~$133, not 1M ;)

I didn't want to be greedy! Geez!
Ankf00
06-26-06, 04:43 PM
$133 == 133 pints :) I'm happy with that.
Wabbit
06-26-06, 04:43 PM
I didn't want to be greedy! Geez!

Look again. It is $133.33, not $1,000,000.00.
racer2c
06-26-06, 05:00 PM
Look again. It is $133.33, not $1,000,000.00.

You're sucking all the phun out of this.
Wabbit
06-26-06, 05:52 PM
You're sucking all the phun out of this.

Ok, after taxes, it would be approximately $0.95.
Car-B-Q
07-02-06, 10:15 PM
Why don't they just give every person in the US one million dollars each? Problem solved, no need for charities and they have money left over.

Then I could buy a bigger boat. :thumbup:
No, give $1M to everyone between the ages of 40 and 50, so we can enjoy our mid life crisis' in a proper style. Heck, make it $2M each! :D
anait
07-03-06, 10:48 AM
^^^ Let's add a few select Canadians, please, and drop the age to 36? :gomer: I need a new house. :cool:
Sean O'Gorman
07-03-06, 11:21 AM
^^^ Let's add a few select Canadians, please, and drop the age to 36? :gomer: I need a new house. :cool:

A dome is not a house, anait. ;)
race chica
07-03-06, 12:39 PM
No, give $1M to everyone between the ages of 40 and 50, so we can enjoy our mid life crisis' in a proper style. Heck, make it $2M each! :D

That would lessen the strain on SS for all of us generation x y and z kids.
Car-B-Q
07-03-06, 07:19 PM
^^^ Let's add a few select Canadians, please, and drop the age to 36? :gomer: I need a new house. :cool:
You don't want much, do you?
anait
07-05-06, 10:21 AM
A dome is too a house. :p :D
Sean O'Gorman
07-05-06, 02:14 PM
A dome is too a house. :p :D

Only if you lived in New Orleans. :eek:
anait
07-05-06, 06:00 PM
^^^ Well, they are hurricane-resistant. I wouldn't call that particular temporary housing solution a good one, of course. Here are some better examples (two different homes):

http://www.monolithic.com/images/Sigler%20%20Dome%20Home%20%2039.jpg_large.jpg

http://www.monolithic.com/gallery/homes/garlock/Gar01x.jpg

Keeping this on topic - I'd love to see the foundation using some of the money for rebuilding efforts in Louisiana, in Florida, in Central America, in tsunami-affected areas...housing that is suitable and acceptable, whatever it needs to be. Lots of options.