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>The people with the wealth pay people for one reason and one reason only: they have to. No, that is not true. Human beings are complicated, and different peop

>The people with the wealth pay people for one reason and one reason only: they have to. No, that is not true. Human beings are complicated, and different people do things for different reasons. There are lots of rich people like Andrew Carnegie and Bill Gates who spend the first part of their lives doing everything they can to get rich, and the second part giving it away for the benefit of mankind.

Clubber 10y ago
I agree with you, but those are the exceptions, not the norm and I was generalizing. Also, the context I intended was payroll or taxes. Carnagie did it because he believed rich people won't go to heaven. "He believed in the "Gospel of Wealth," which meant that wealthy people were morally obligated to give their money back to others in society." I'm not sure why Bill Gates does it, but I commend him for it. Also keep in mind, most of his charity goes over seas. Furthermore, Gates is worth around $90 billion. If he gave the entirety of his wealth to all US working people (about 150 million), it would come out to a one time payment of $600. The US is going to have to start keeping it's natural resources and stop giving it to companies for free or pennies on the dollar. You should see how cheap my state sells water to bottling companies that then sell it for a %1600 markup or something like that.
marmot777 10y ago
Exactly. I remember when Bill Gates was the king of the villains now he's a saint. I have whiplash.
- prodigal_erik 10y ago
  Whitewashing his reputation for posterity by spending money that has never been rightfully his.
  - marmot777 10y ago
    Oh man, don't get me nostalgic for Bill Gates, the greatest villain the world has ever known. I was happy when he was the villain but didn't know I was happy. We can't call him out of retirement now, he's busy, and besides Microsoft isn't as scary as it used to be. Nothing stays the same so learn to appreciate it next time an assholish villain rises up to roll you without the slightest pretense of charm and subtlety. Thank him for occupying you and your friends' thoughts and prayers for mercy and for endless hours of debate, strife, and paranoia because you won't realize what you've lost until it's gone. One day you'll wake up and your favorite villain will have become a hippie, smoking hash with bedouins, curing diseases, and exuding something suspiciously close to charisma but it's hard to tell.

Clubber 10y ago

I agree with you, but those are the exceptions, not the norm and I was generalizing. Also, the context I intended was payroll or taxes. Carnagie did it because he believed rich people won't go to heaven. "He believed in the "Gospel of Wealth," which meant that wealthy people were morally obligated to give their money back to others in society." I'm not sure why Bill Gates does it, but I commend him for it. Also keep in mind, most of his charity goes over seas. Furthermore, Gates is worth around $90 billion. If he gave the entirety of his wealth to all US working people (about 150 million), it would come out to a one time payment of $600. The US is going to have to start keeping it's natural resources and stop giving it to companies for free or pennies on the dollar. You should see how cheap my state sells water to bottling companies that then sell it for a %1600 markup or something like that.

marmot777 10y ago

Exactly. I remember when Bill Gates was the king of the villains now he's a saint. I have whiplash.

prodigal_erik 10y ago
Whitewashing his reputation for posterity by spending money that has never been rightfully his.
- marmot777 10y ago
  Oh man, don't get me nostalgic for Bill Gates, the greatest villain the world has ever known. I was happy when he was the villain but didn't know I was happy. We can't call him out of retirement now, he's busy, and besides Microsoft isn't as scary as it used to be. Nothing stays the same so learn to appreciate it next time an assholish villain rises up to roll you without the slightest pretense of charm and subtlety. Thank him for occupying you and your friends' thoughts and prayers for mercy and for endless hours of debate, strife, and paranoia because you won't realize what you've lost until it's gone. One day you'll wake up and your favorite villain will have become a hippie, smoking hash with bedouins, curing diseases, and exuding something suspiciously close to charisma but it's hard to tell.