How many hospitals and libraries has Bill Gates built? The kind of rich people who care about this country are few and far between.
Are you serious?
A better question for this discussion would be "how many millionaires who donate to charitable organizations, hospitals, libraries, etc; has Bill Gates created?"
It is not important whether or not rich people care about anyone else. It is totally irrelavant. One rich person pays the taxes that fund the services provided to poor people at the rate of over 200 to 1.
You need to expand your thinking. Compassion does not feed people. Money does.
What a grossly superficial and specious way of looking at it. Quite frankly, I have a hard time thinking of a STUPIDER way for a rich person to actually benefit the community. Philanthropists of this type do little more than offer "feel good" superficial fodder that, in the end, does precious little to improve the lives of people. What do you think is more important, jobs or a library? I think most people would prefer to maximize the number of jobs by investment in enterprise, not piss money away on expensive social trinkets. And of course, the more jobs that are created, the higher wages are.
Let me see: philanthropy or jobs and high wages for everyone. I think I know what most people would prefer. To hell with philanthropy, bring on the "greedy" capitalists.