Emails Reveal Deceased Hedge Fund Manager Refused To Join Bill Gates’ "Worthless" Giving Pledge

Buzzfeed ^ | December 31, 2013 at 11:43am EST | Rosie Gray

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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. I’m going to stay far away from your effort. But thanks for thinking of me. Cordially

OMG - we lost a good man - a man who was dealing with the reality of life. Wish he has come here to FreeRepublic for reassurance. Prayers for his family and loved ones. And a pox on the houses of liberal elites who don't know a tenth of what they think they know...