unisole said:
Are you serious? How can you compare me and my money with Bill Gates, i work to put food on the table etc, and i work hard thank you very much, Bill Gates has probably worked hard YES, but to compare me and my money to Bill Gates and say 'why dont i give 50% of my earnings to charity' 0.01 % of his money is a Million, he had enough money to live BIG every single day for the rest of his life if he still give 99.9% of his money to Africa. Whereas me if i gave my money to charity i would be living on the streets begging for money... Stupid answer you gave me son.
Thank you Yasu, that was my point.
If ANY OF US gave 50% of our money to charity we would not be able to provide for our families etc... however, if Bill Gates gave 50% of his money to charity, where would this money come from? ..his Investments. So, for charity he should sell half of his Microsoft stock and half his home and half of his other investments and assets?
I think we need to take a realistic approach. I look at a thousand dollars as a lot of money. However, a thousand dollars to my parents is not that much money... They still only give about 5% of their income to charity, which is plenty of money...
How about ALL of the other billionaires in the world?
What about the Walton family? They treat their employees horribly, but because they sell products for less money nobody cares... Why do we fault Bill Gates for ONLY giving a Billion dollars to charity when most people do not want to even give loose change to the Santa's outside of grocery stores?
Anyway, this conversation has gotten way out of hand. If you want to debate Bill Gates' charity contributions there might be another thread.. and if you do a search and find nothing, create a new thread.
Oh and the only two people who can call me "son" are my parents. I know nothing about you or your family and that was your 16th post...
