The Giving Pledge has long been attacked as a toothless promise that has ushered in more publiclity than philanthropy. Now, the Giving Pledge is thinking about the role it plays — and whether it should subtly push harder on the billionaires who signed ithttps://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/13/21254870/bill-gates-coronavirus-giving-pledge-billionaires-gates-foundation …
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The likelier play from the Giving Pledge is to create a “marketplace” where billionaires could share ideas for what to fund and coordinate giving. But that would require them to disclose their grand plans to one another — something that might not happen.https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/13/21254870/bill-gates-coronavirus-giving-pledge-billionaires-gates-foundation …
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Bill and Melinda Gates have taken calls in recent weeks from billlionaires asking them to be connected to other signers of the Giving Pledge — and the Gateses have been making these connections by hand. This "marketplace" is seen as a possible solution.https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/5/13/21254870/bill-gates-coronavirus-giving-pledge-billionaires-gates-foundation …
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Taxes!
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He could donate a huge amount of his own money and see what develops
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He is funding multiple different vaccines...https://www.wsj.com/articles/bill-gates-to-spend-billions-on-coronavirus-vaccine-development-11586124716 …
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Good luck with that.
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Or just tax them at the prevailing rate I have to pay.
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Not going to happen under this Senate or President.
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This is a well intentioned initiative. But the fact that it is needed is evidence of an utterly failed government. The United States is a failed state.
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