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@katiecouric: The Giving Pledge

December 17, 2010 8:23 AM

Katie Couric interviews Steve Case and Ted Forstmann, two of the latest signers of The Giving Pledge, who have agreed to donate the majority of their wealth to charity.

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by angeljoy424 December 21, 2010 7:15 PM EST
"if you don't, you're a jerk"????? Ummm...I disagree. While I commend these business men for donating their money to charity and good causes, nobody should be made to feel guilty for not handing over their wealth. "I swear by my life and my love of it that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live ...for mine." -
Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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by popshope December 21, 2010 3:46 PM EST
My family is in desperate need of assistance. how and who would you contact for HELP. We have tryed everything i can think of and are getting nowhere, house is in forcloser and we will out on the street by the end of this year, We lost and uncle back in october last year and another in november of last year and my father passed march 25th this year. We have been going around with the mortage company for quite sometime now they wil not even help us at all, They just keep saying GET OUT.. What can we now???
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by Magnity December 18, 2010 12:45 AM EST
IN DEFENCE OF CAPITALISM - it is possible to become wealthy without raping and pillaging. We may have gotten a bad name under Bush, but rich people are not evil - mostly hardworking and often lucky. The truth is, every real advance, all the substantial companies that exist were founded by visionaries who too a risk - and the great ones, like these guys give a lot back. Everyone agrees Education is broken. It will not be fixed by bureaucrats, but by entreprenurs. Everyone can support better schools - TeachforAmerica and CauseInsurance are both examples of disruptive new ideas allowing people to make a difference.
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by lucifersshadow December 17, 2010 10:52 PM EST
This kind of thing was happening prior to the fall of the Roman Empire. The rich take so much power out of the hands of the general population, and then become its only financial benefactors. Problem is, it creates DEPENDENCE. It is like the USA giving money to other countries to feed people, but developing no businesses to sustain that nation. When you create dependents, you take away freedom, and you create stagnation. When the civil rights movement occurred, it did not abolish slavery, it only changed the face of it. Now it is economic slavery. The poor would be doing themselves a huge favor by refusing to accept this "gift".
This clown says "In India, they want to create a 30 hour day". This is just what he needs, more slaves to feed his endless greed. This is what we want in America?
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by 1stwolf December 17, 2010 8:40 PM EST
Great comments from "eyesopenwide" and "rightbehind" trying to feel good after you've stolen from the middle class never allowing unions to get a living wage for any employees in America and continuing to steal from the weak in other countries so America will be thought less of kind of sucks that Media helps them play their hand.
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by rightbehind December 17, 2010 3:29 PM EST
Gee, Aren't they great! Think about what they could have done for their employees. Maybe their employees would have like to spread a little of their wealth to. Maybe their employees would have like to give to their local church, family member, or social cause. I'm not saying all of these people are self righteous. What I am saying is many of them believe in free markets right up until their employees unionise and try to negotiate a fair wage for themselves. Then many of the wealthy turn to the most anti labor law firms money can buy and in many cases spend more than the employees were asking for.
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