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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (92861)	11/4/2001 10:05:55 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

No, for Templeton it's either Heaven or Hell. Except that if you make enough money in hell, and spend it on the right causes, then you gradually work your way out. The Power of Positive Thinking. Which is not the same as the Power of PositivisticThinking, which sends you right straight back to Hell along with other notables such as Bertrand Russell. Let'schange the subject to another of the truly filthy rich: Buffet. What do you think of his refusal to hand even small amounts of his wealth over to his children? Or child maybe: I just remember one daughter who was quoted as saying, "Well, there are times when you would like some new kitchen cabinets." I think that if you have a special gift and opportunity for making huge amounts of money, you ought to be at least somewhat generous towards your children and maybe friends. Sometimes they have talents that can be liberated with a certain degree of financial support. I certainly have seen plenty of cases of supposedly deserving poor who were just working a con game. The most conspicuous example I know of undeserved wealth and power making possinble a major artistic contribution was Count Tolstoy. And even our indigenous Mark Twain married money that made Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn possible.