Posted on 08/15/2009 9:33:00 PM PDT by ckilmer
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private philanthropy fund, sold off almost all of its pharmaceutical, biotechnology and health-care investments in the quarter ended June 30, according to a regulatory filing published Friday.
The Seattle-based charity endowment, set up by Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates and his wife, sold its total holding of 2.5 million shares in health-care giant Johnson & Johnson in the quarter, according to the filing.
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I think you have that right. However, its way too soon to say the dems health care bill is dead. I also agree that passage of the healthcare bill in any form is dangerous. It will take an incredible amount of vigilence to keep the dems from passing something that will let the camel’s nose in the door.
Raymond Kurzweil
Do you remember Glenn Beck had him on and picked his brain as to the future.
I'd like to hear Ray's take on the direction we are going in vs. what a futurist like himself would like to see it go given medical advancements etc.
absoluitly, if they pass it then they will get whatever they want through small legislation in bills that have nothing to do with health care. they will tie health care into our military bills, anything that is popular.
One step at a time it will be socialized medicine slipped in .. it wont take but a year
KILL THE BILL
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