Bill Gates

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Debsy42

what could or shoud he spend his billion trillion quillion quids on

Well, judging from the conversation here, maybe some new cars or an extension for a certain part of his anatomy...

Originally Posted by Ramrod

I just read this page. WTF?

Like so many threads here Ramrod this has not only gone off topic it has separated into two conversation threads.One for the girls and one for the ki....fellas.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Like so many threads here Ramrod this has not only gone off topic it has separated into two conversation threads.One for the girls and one for the ki....fellas.

i tried to bump ppl out of here for you but it didnt seem to work to well

[stevie]

does Mr Gates with all his billions really need a knighthood couldnt we have given it to a more deserving person someone who had done something for others before linning his own pocket first . So now he is Mr Bill Gates KBE but not SIR whoopy do Im sure he will sleep better in his bed knowing he is a pretend SIR

[Jerrek]

Originally Posted by stevie

does Mr Gates with all his billions really need a knighthood couldnt we have given it to a more deserving person someone who had done something for others before linning his own pocket first . So now he is Mr Bill Gates KBE but not SIR whoopy do Im sure he will sleep better in his bed knowing he is a pretend SIR

Bill Gates donated $25 billion to charities last year. How much did you donate?

Funny how many people respond to Bill Gates from the standpoint of jealousy and give him no credit what so ever for actually being a decent human being.It's that fallacy that a wealthy man must be a barsteward because he is rich.

Incog.

[Sociable]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

Bill Gates donated $25 billion to charities last year. How much did you donate?

Crumbs from the rich mans table designed to deflect legitimate questions about the morality of anyone possessing such obscene wealth.

Maybe think more about the value of "the widowââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s mite" before jumping to his defence with your usual deflection tactics Jarrek.

[stevie]

did the $25 billion come out of billy boys pocket or from microsoft that you helped to put there

Originally Posted by Jerrek

Bill Gates donated $25 billion to charities last year. How much did you donate?

[Jerrek]

Originally Posted by Sociable

Crumbs from the rich mans table designed to deflect legitimate questions about the morality of anyone possessing such obscene wealth.

Maybe think more about the value of "the widowââ‚ƚ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s mite" before jumping to his defence with your usual deflection tactics Jarrek.

Anything to refuse acknowledging that he might actually be genuinely compassionate, eh?

Shame on you.

[Jerrek]

Originally Posted by stevie

did the $25 billion come out of billy boys pocket or from microsoft that you helped to put there

His own pocket.

There would be many who wouldn't even do that Sociable.
Maybe he is just choosy to whom he donates and actually tries to give to charities that have a forward looking attitude.

[Sociable]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

Anything to refuse acknowledging that he might actually be genuinely compassionate, eh?

Shame on you.

Not at all just pointing out that his donations are not all about generosity and his giving billions from such a large pot is no less or more valued than pennies from someone with none to spare.

[stevie]

isnt it more to do with giving credit where credit is due????? where does jealous come into it???

Originally Posted by Incognitas

Funny how many people respond to Bill Gates from the standpoint of jealousy and give him no credit what so ever for actually being a decent human being.It's that fallacy that a wealthy man must be a barsteward because he is rich.

Incog.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Jerrek

His own pocket.

that wouldnt have been full if not from microsoft that most of us gave to for software

[SMHarman]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

There would be many who wouldn't even do that Sociable.
Maybe he is just choosy to whom he donates and actually tries to give to charities that have a forward looking attitude.

But a large chunk goes into the Mr and Mrs Gates Charitable Trust for latter distribution. He can give away as much as he wants to in a year, that does not necessarily mean that it will be going to charities that year though.

The widows mite point (had to google that one) is a valid one, however much of his wealth is probably tied up in MSFT stock options and thus not yet availible for distribution.

Whichever way you look at it thoug $25Bn is a lot of anyones cash. I think Billy boy and Larry both agree they have enough personal wealth and want it to do some good in the world.