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About half of the top 50 philanthropist dollars in the United States in 2014 were given by tech entrepreneurs, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy. Overall, the technology sector gave away $5 billion that year, though their charitable contributions dropped precipitously last year to $1.3 billion (possibly skewed due to the absence of "mega-gifts," such as a $2 billion donation by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2014).
"There is a very real surge of philanthropy from tech sector leaders," says David Callahan, founder and editor of Inside Philanthropy, a news website that tracks nonprofits. "Many of these folks believe in giving early in life while still in their careers, as opposed to a more traditional model of waiting until later in life."
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday November 14 2016, @09:17PM
Ummm... U.S. standard of living is falling because of all your debt and will fall further when, one day not too distant, taxes will be raised to pay it back: just none of your Presidents have had the balls to raise taxes to do it.
I'd say China is going to surpass the US as the super power, and the US will be entering a war if they want to try to prove otherwise.
And i agree: the other countries SHOULD be paying more their way... we have some consensus! The US should not be shouldering such a large burden: it should be a fully funded U.N. or other agency going as a combined force.... show the force and make the others back down.
I did not vote for Hillary: not a US citizen :)
Okay, i'll say your name... "Motherfucker". Is that right?
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Tuesday November 15 2016, @05:00AM
"Ummm... U.S. standard of living is falling because of all your debt "
That Obama created and that Clinton was going to extend with all of her "Free" welfare programs - modeled much after Europe's. That is going to get fixed with Trump - taxes don't need to be increased when internal revenue is increased and money isn't being as actively thrown out of the country through World Policing programs.
"I'd say China is going to surpass the US as the super power"
You were (and are) wrong about Trump, wrong about Clinton, wrong about the US, so I'd say you'd be wrong about China, too. Their economy is absolutely falling apart. Some of their largest businesses have filed for bankruptcy as of late (because of all that inflationary spending by the billionaires - re: my original comment) but the government refuses to let them fail. So the bubble gets bigger - much bigger than the US bubble, and with none of the built-in quality infrastructure to fall back on like we have here. They build "concrete" buildings that are actually styrofoam with a concrete layer on the outside - that is the infrastructure they have to carry them through the coming Trump-accelerated recession. They have destroyed their farmlands with pollution. They have poisoned their water. China is fucked.
" it should be a fully funded U.N. or other agency going as a combined force"
"fully funded UN" - by whom? The US? Britain? Germany? With what money?
No. It is every country for theirself now. No more "free" this or that in Europe - they destroyed their societies doing that. They will leave their age of decadence the hard way or the harder way.
"I did not vote for Hillary: not a US citizen :)"
But you supported any of the other candidates over Trump, and the fact of your ignorance stands.
Genuinely good attempt at a comeback with the "Motherfucker," but the diction and context wasn't proper for you to reach that interpretation linguistically, and I would gladly take "Motherfucker" over "illiterate, uninformed, and idiotic" anyday.
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday November 15 2016, @12:06PM
Okay, good luck with your fantasy.
Don't know where you got me supporting Hillary from, but my posts say otherwise, which shows your ignorance.
You are uninformed and idiotic in that you can't see the US going down yet.
Sad.
Moving on.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --