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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums11 more American billionaires join Gates, Buffett charity pledge
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/19/11-more-american-billionaires-join-gates-buffett-charity-pledge/By Agence France-Presse
Wednesday, September 19, 2012 4:32 EDT
Eleven billionaires added their names Tuesday to the effort by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to donate half their fortunes to charity, bringing the total to 92.
The newest members of the club include Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, and Charles Bronfman, the Canadian-born former head of Seagram Co.
The Giving Pledge, announced in 2010, was launched by Microsoft mogul Gates and investment guru Buffett who want to convince the richest people in the country to give 50 percent or more of their fortune to charity.
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11 more American billionaires join Gates, Buffett charity pledge (Original Post)
babsbunny
Sep 2012
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arcane1
(38,613 posts)1. I always wonder what the charities will be, but I liked this part:
Lewis said in his pledge letter that he would make donations aimed at promoting a healthy democracy, broad civic participation and public policy from the support of progressive think tanks to leadership training for public servants, to investigative journalism, ethics in government, and a democratic media.
He added that another effort he would fund is is taboo for most philanthropists yet exemplifies disastrous public policy
our nations outdated, ineffective marijuana laws.
SaveAmerica
(5,342 posts)2. Hi, my name is Charity...
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)3. And I'm the director
of "The Human Fund"