One of the big problems in our society IMHO is too many “idle rich”. People with money who don’t appreciate what it took for their ancestors to earn. These are the kind of people who prop up movements like “Black Lives Matter”.
Reminds me of Bill Gates.
He got his start and made his primary fortune with Americans business. When he was ready to retire he said he would spend much of his money to help children.
Oddly enough (or not) almost all the children he has helped seem to be in other countries . Yes, fine help children in other countries. Yet don’t we have our own poverty in cities and places like Appalachia? I remember Louisville Ky estimated they have 1000 permanently homeless. One medium sized city alone.
Here is what Gates had donated to:
Organization Amount ($ millions)
GAVI 3,152.8(vaccines world wide)
World Health Organization 1,535.1
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 777.6
PATH 635.2
United States Fund for UNICEF 461.1
The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International 400.1
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 340.0
Global Alliance for TB Drug Development 338.4
Medicines for Malaria Venture 334.1
PATH Vaccine Solutions 333.4
UNICEF Headquarters 277.6
Johns Hopkins University 265.4
Aeras 227.6
Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc 199.5
International Development Association 174.7
CARE 166.2
World Health Organization Nigeria Country Office 166.1
Agence française de développement 165.0
Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz y Trigo 153.1
Cornell University 146.7
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa 146.4
United Nations Foundation 143.0
University of Washington Foundation 138.2
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health 136.2
Emory University 123.2
University of California San Francisco 123.1
Population Services International 122.5
University of Oxford 117.8
International Food Policy Research Institute 110.7
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture 104.8
PS on the US UNICEF find it says they spend much of their funds to help poor overseas, so even that isn’t going here entirely.
Too many idle poor, too.