Thursday, June 17, 2010

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Launch Philanthropic Challenge to the Super-Rich


Link to June 16 Los Angeles Times article, "'Time to give it up,' Buffett and Gates tell the super-rich".

Excerpt:    Warren Buffett and Bill Gates want the richest Americans to promise to give most of it away.

In a campaign launched on Wednesday, the two billionaires are calling on the nation’s wealthiest people to formally pledge at least 50% of their money to philanthropic causes and charity during their lifetimes or at their death
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Link to June 16 Forbes article, "The $600 Billion Challenge".

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