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Gates Foundation: Giving A Fortune Away

October 3, 2010 5:00 PM

Scott Pelley catches up with the world's most generous philanthropists, Bill and Melinda Gates, and travels to some of the world's trouble spots their billions are helping.

The Gates Foundation: Giving Away A Fortune

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by sghsgh May 29, 2013 12:13 PM EDT
This piece was ruined for me because the plural of "Gates" is "Gateses." I'm appalled that this basic rule of English was ignored throughout. Shame on you, CBS.
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by qofthes October 15, 2010 12:33 PM EDT
I do appreciate anybody wanting to "help". However, money is not changing anything, proved by 200 previous generations of rich people dying in and/or of sickness...

The ONLY change that can be expected is TO BE RE-BORN FROM ABOVE, or to set oneself above current conditions by BEGETTING HEALTH: "I AM HEALTHY".

Can you imagine Jesus "GIVING MONEY" instead of RESTORING PERFECTION?
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by Intrepid_Iconoclast October 11, 2010 2:11 PM EDT
What they need to do next is help reduce the birthrate in poor countries, and do that work just as hard as they work to try to save the babies born into any country with an excessive population problem.
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by Haxwell October 10, 2010 3:14 PM EDT
Microsoft is, to say the least, an ardent champion of private property. "It is immoral to use private property to alleviate the horrible evils that arise from private property." The people they are helping are not in the situation they are in because humanity has an inability to produce what they lack, but rather the people they are helping have a lack of purchasing power. We have the ability as humans, to provide everything that is needed for each person to live a bountiful life. It is only because of the profit system that we do not use that ability; it simply is not profitable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpAMbpQ8J7g
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by lmckdhu October 10, 2010 8:21 AM EDT
It's a great example from Melinda and Bill. I wish all the best for your foundation. Looking forward to see more great example from your team. Cheers.
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by JavMD October 8, 2010 7:25 PM EDT
I appreciate his charity. However that money was made off of lousy software. I would like my money back on windows 2000 etc
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by dither87 October 8, 2010 5:04 PM EDT
The education of women is the best birth control out there. Woman get married later and have fewer and healthier children. Lets enable women to have opportunities.
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by BlackQueenForJesus October 8, 2010 1:04 PM EDT
God Bless the Gates, you made me cry this was a good story!
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by hubsboy October 8, 2010 10:21 AM EDT
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
Thank God the Gates' feel they are!!
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by jibendow October 8, 2010 6:49 AM EDT
amazing people

Edan Aharony
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