Coronavirus:

[robert.]

His donations net him more money. A 100 million dollar donation. will get a 30 second spot on every nightly news broadcast. Very hard to buy that kind of advertisement. I feel that his amount of wealth says " my product is grossly overpriced". I'm not saying that his donations don't help.
You could try to solicit him for a grant. maybe he is unaware of the needs.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

His donations net him more money. A 100 million dollar donation. will get a 30 second spot on every nightly news broadcast.

He's donated and funded far, far more than that and I've never seen anything on the news about all of the scientific research that he's funded; it just doesn't get on the news. As far as billionaires go, he and Buffet do a lot of very good that goes largely unknown and unrecognized. They don't need the news..........to get things wrong and screwed up. What's particularly good about this funding is that it is very directed towards specific problems as opposed to just vague generalities.

Very hard to buy that kind of advertisement. I feel that his amount of wealth says " my product is grossly overpriced".

And advertising what? He stepped down off the Board of MS years ago.

I'm not saying that his donations don't help. You could try to solicit him for a grant. maybe he is unaware of the needs.

I used to get grant proposal announcements from his foundation weekly on all sorts of medical needs; none of them aligned clsoe enough for me to make any applications; too late now - I'm retired and merely a well paid consultant now

[chuck]

As of 2018, Bill and Melinda Gates had donated around $36 billion to the foundation.

This is also from Wikipedia.

They don't need to "make" money and they certainly don't need media exposure. There is a pretty good interview with his wife on Netflix under the Dave Letterman show "And my next guest needs no introduction".

[HONDO74]

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are members of the 1%. The people that liberals hate more than they do conservatives and want their money redistributed to others. That was Sanders and Warrens plan. Bill promoted his monopoly every way he could to be a multi-billionaire.

[chuck]

That's why he and Melinda (and Warren Buffet) have literally donated tens of billions of dollars?

While they are members of the 1/10 of 1% THEY aren't the targets of Sanders and Warren and ... BECAUSE they turn around and make massive donations of their personal wealth.

The 1%'s that are the targets of Sanders and Warren are the ones that hide money in the Caymans and who knows where else.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet are members of the 1%. The people that liberals hate more than they do conservatives and want their money redistributed to others. That was Sanders and Warrens plan. Bill promoted his monopoly every way he could to be a multi-billionaire.

These are two very good men that do a lot of good with their money; probably a lot more per dollar than most organizations and certainly better than the Gov't does.

Another positive one is Robert Smith who paid off the student loans of the entire 2019 graduation class of Moorhead College.

A lot of liberals are just like conservatives - mindlessly stupid and ignorant. Sadly education and independent thought is discouraged.

OTOH, there are some of the 1% that do deserve all the scorn available.

[HONDO74]

For Chuck & Rufus

I actually agree 100% with what you are saying about Bill & Malinda Gates and Warren Buffet.

I believe the US is the best country in the world for a person to follow their dreams to become a billionaire. I believe in capitalism and free enterprise. And I envy no one that has that much money or think it should be taken away from them.


Warren Buffett to Give Bulk of Fortune to Gates Foundation
https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news ... foundation

Interesting contrast between Warren and Bill & Malinda
Buffett lives in a modest home in Omaha, Nebraska, which he bought for $31,500 in 1958. Adjusted for inflation, it's about $276,700 in today's dollars

Welcome to Xanadu 2.0, Bill Gates' massive mansion in Medina, Washington. Last valued at $127 million, the mansion has 7 bedrooms and ...
https://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-f ... se-2016-11

I don't know about you guys but I would love to visit Bill & Malinda at their home.

[bob turner]

How do you feel about progressive taxation?

[chuck]

How do you feel about progressive taxation?

What has this got to do with the Coronavirus?

[HONDO74]

This is not good.

A 'shocking' two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized in NY had been staying home
https://news.yahoo.com/shocking-two-thi ... 45019.html

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday that a survey showed that a "shocking" two-thirds of patients recently hospitalized for coronavirus became infected despite largely staying at home.

Hospitals were asked to document where their most recent COVID-19 patients had been staying before admission, Cuomo said, and 66 percent came from their own homes.

About 18 percent came from nursing homes, 4 percent from assisted-living facilities, 2 percent were homeless, 2 percent had been at other "congregate" settings, fewer than 1 percent were prison or jail inmates, and 8 percent were classified as "other."

"This is a surprise," the governor told reporters at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset, New York. "Sixty-six percent of the people were at home, which is shocking to us."

[Rufus T. Firefly]

How do you feel about progressive taxation?

What has this got to do with the Coronavirus?

Nothing at all. Bob likes to toss nonsequitures about just to stir the pot to avoid boredom.......

[healey36]

As of today I am allowed to fish, hike, play golf, or go boating in Maryland. If pleasure boating is allowed, than pleasure roadstering (sic) will be presumed as similar and will be undertaken concurrently.

The Management

[robert.]

New Jersey released this statement." People participating in drive by parades. Can be issued a citation for unnecessary travel". I guess they were running lower on traffic violations.

Ps. i took the mustang out and flogged it.
pss. its not running to well. stale gas i hope

[Rufus T. Firefly]

As of today I am allowed to fish, hike, play golf, or go boating in Maryland. If pleasure boating is allowed, than pleasure roadstering (sic) will be presumed as similar and will be undertaken concurrently.

The Management

Go for it!

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Yes, somebody can't spell...................and probably broke quarantine, too,