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To: bentway who wrote (760627)	1/1/2014 12:27:30 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1574226

ALL IN THE FAMILY: Bill Gates told that his charity pledge is 'worthless'... who didn't know this gates is a scam, be a man Gates and pay your death tax Wilson responds: From: Robert W. Wilson Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:16 PM To: Bill Gates Subject: Re: Giving Pledge discussion Mr. Gates, I decided more than ten years ago to try to give away 70% of my net worth and have already given away one-half billion dollars. (I’ve never been a Forbes 400) So I really don’t have to take the pledge. Your “Giving Pledge” has a loophole that renders it practically worthless, namely permitting pledgees to simply name charities in their wills. I have found that most billionaires or near billionaires hate giving large sums of money away while alive and instead set up family-controlled foundations to do it for them after death. And these foundations become, more often than not, bureaucracy-ridden sluggards. These rich are delighted to toss off a few million a year in order to remain socially acceptable. But that’s it.