Poll of the Day > If you were a billionaire would you also sign bill gates's giving pledge?

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......which states that the person will give over 50 perc. of their fortune away to charities, probably after they pass. But gates and buffet have gone further and pledged to give away 99 perc. of their fortunes away. iirc gates would still be the richest person in the world if he didn't give away 30 bil. or so to charity.
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This isn't twitter you know. You have the space for percent and billion.
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yeah so what? mind your own damn business
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You could have spared yourself this discussion. This is on you.
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man shut up with your stupid comments don't bother responding you've been put on ignore
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I don't think so. I'd more likely donate to tech research.
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Honestly anything I earned over, say, $10 million in savings I'd give away - most to various charities, maybe some to organizations I like, help out my friends and family, etc.

A person only needs so much money. If I ever found myself in a situation where my net worth was in the billions, I would consider it a failing on my part.
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Probably not. I'm too selfish for that.
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No, while living I would have a monument carved into a mountain.
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I'd imagine I would. Like darkknight109 suggested, one only needs so much money in life to experience and enjoy everything. If I have children I would leave them something to live a comfortable life but only enough that they still need to be smart about. What's the point of trying to teach a child the value of money and savings if I spoil the hell out of them and give them so much that they can throw it around and not make a dent in their wallet.
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fuck yes i would.
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I feel like if you didn't you're probably a huge piece of shit.

Which is not to say I would, mind you, I'm lazy and selfish.

But there's literally no reason not to at that point.

no, i dont like signing things and it would feel like im just doing it to say "hey look at me and how good i am! if a revolution happens remember i was one of the good billionaires!"
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UT1999 posted...

iirc gates would still be the richest person in the world if he didn't give away 30 bil. or so to charity.

Pretty sure Bill Gates isnt even the richest person in the world right now

I would donate all of it to fund research into deep space exploration and the rest to cancer /other terminal illness research

I won't need it, and my family is still left with at least 500 million of not more
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I wouldnt, because if I was a billionaire Id use that money to found an actual Cobra with an actual island fortress. That place will need to keep going after Im gone. Id need to find a Scottish arms dealer and a sexy Central European baroness to join too.
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Cacciato posted...

UT1999 posted...

iirc gates would still be the richest person in the world if he didn't give away 30 bil. or so to charity.

Pretty sure Bill Gates isnt even the richest person in the world right now

He was until a couple weeks ago when Bezos passed him. They are still pretty close though and if Gates hadn't donated a huge chunk of MSFT stock to his foundation he'd be pretty solidly in the number one spot.

Cacciato posted...

UT1999 posted...

iirc gates would still be the richest person in the world if he didn't give away 30 bil. or so to charity.

Pretty sure Bill Gates isnt even the richest person in the world right now

read what i typed before, what i typed wasn't wrong
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I'd donate to some charities, but also fund technological, space, and medical research.

Lol tc got triggered af with that first comment
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I will use it to buy up a bunch of non-renewable resources and send it all into space.
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I'd donate more than 50 percent of my money, but I wouldn't sign his stupid pledge.
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No. Charity is a scam.
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Muscles posted...

I won't need it, and my family is still left with at least 500 million of not more

What about your baby, have you thought of him, ok?
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I wouldn't sign a pledge but I have no problem giving it to research both medical and technological and helping people out personally.

I probably wouldn't sign the pledge because I don't feel any need to have some big Promise hanging over my head just to do what I'd want to do anyway.

But I would very much pick and choose what I gave money away to. I wouldn't just give it away willy nilly to reach some set goal. I'd probably mostly donate to things that personally interest me. Give no kill cat shelters enough money to keep them running for decades, give money to people who are ill so they can pay for their medical treatments, things like that. :P
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Probably not, because the wealth is better used in my family. Granted, they might be doing this as a write-off against inheritance taxes which, tbh, I'm rather see my money go to a charity than the government.

UT1999 posted...

man shut up with your stupid comments don't bother responding you've been put on ignore

Ha! I like this guy.
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Zeus posted...

UT1999 posted...

man shut up with your stupid comments don't bother responding you've been put on ignore

Ha! I like this guy.

He had that coming.
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i love this guy

he's got like 30 different accounts that he just makes dumb polls on

i think he might be duckbear
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Absolutely! I would try to keep as much of my money out of the government's hands as possible and give it to people that can actually do some good with it.
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Yes just to prove I'm better than everyone else.
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I wouldn't feel the need to sign a pledge in order to do whatever I feel is right.
I'm not sure why Bill Gates needs a pledge or why anyone else should feel obligated to sign it

I remember when prom was occurring and we had a Senior named Antoinette who walked around with a pledge that she wanted all the Seniors to sign stating that we wouldn't drink on prom night.
She was so smug and sanctimonious about the whole thing, wagging her finger in front of us and telling us in front of administration that we couldn't drink and how she was holding us to the pledge.

As a result I refused to sign it, and told her I don't need a pledge to do the right thing.
She got whiny and squealing but I kept walking around her after that every time I saw her in the hallways.
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Smarkil posted...

I think he might be duckbear

Nah duckbear doesnt respond to his topics.
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Of course not, and all the naive people who fall for that guys philanthropy scheme make me sick. He's doing things like this to boost his image. A pledge (not contract) to give away your money after your death to a "good cause" means absolutely nothing; anyone can say that. Just look at the investments he made through the years and the "gifts" he did that benefitted mostly him (in the moneymaking department). None of those were philanthropic and the net benefit was more harmful than helpful.

no I don't trust charities. if I wanted something charitable done with my money i'd just do it myself will still living.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

Yes just to prove I'm better than everyone else.

Or you could use the money to build a giant statue of yourself near the center of multiple cities.
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Nah bill gates can fuck off
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Yes because I'm not greedy.
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If I had a 500mil-1billion or more, I'd be happy to do 50% after death.
If my family can't live on and build an even bigger fortune with 250mil then they don't deserve it anyway.
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