The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is not as pure as it seems.

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48. No one is pure. I don't recall anyone saying the Gates are pure. But his foundation is saving lives.

No matter how you cut it, that means a lot, esp. to the people whose lives he has saved and will save.

He didn't have to donate his fortune to philanthropy. He could've done what most mega wealthy people do, which is to leave it to their heirs after carefully sheltering it from taxes. He could've put it in offshore accounts.

So even though he's not pure, the villifying of a philanthropist because some say he does it in a way that benefits himself, well, so what? The end result is still that he is in fact spending the money how he says he is, and it is saving lives and making REALLY poor people's lives more endurable and healthier.

From simple things like clean water, vaccines, midwives for childbirth. These are very good things in and of themselves. Whoever does those things is no devil, no matter how some might want to make it seem.

I suspect this is a campaign started by educators who are unhappy with his education reform? I noticed the link in the OP. (BTW, I totally support teachers and teachers unions, so I'm not a charter school lover or teacher hater.)