I really don’t care whether Mr. Gates is hypocritical or not. I have no interest in Mr. Gates or anything he has to say. My reference was to DJTaylor’s post #24 (not #27, as I wrote). I was simply commenting that Mr. Taylor had something worthwhile to say and the Freepers comments on this subject are always extremely predictable.
“I really don’t care whether Mr. Gates is hypocritical or not.”
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IMHO you should care. When prominent and influential people publically engage in monumental hypocricy or have conflicts of interest, the citizenry should care. Self-interested people shouldn’t be given a pass; they need to be called out for their double standards. Unfortunately, the pontificating from Mr. Gates and Mr. Buffet (another huge hypocrite) influences a lot of gullible people who are now voting in numbers that are determining our future. Regards.