either during their lifetimes or in their wills. Over 200 of the wealthiest people in the world have signed the pledge.The website below lists them. This is NOT token philanthropy designed to avoid tax increases. This group was started in 2010 by Gates & Buffet. 2/

George Lucas & Mallory Hobson, David Rockefeller, Larry Ellison, Richard & Nancy Marriott, Edgar M. Bronfman, Ted Turner & others. 4/End givingpledge.org/

Thread/ Elon Musk, Bill Gates & Warren Buffet have all pledged to give most of their wealth away. They have signed the Giving Pledge. The Giving Pledge is a movement of philanthropists who commit to giving the majority of their wealth to philanthropy or charitable causes, 1/

The signers are giving MOST of their wealth away. These are a few of the prominent people who have signed the Giving Pledge: Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan, Tom Steyer & Kat Taylor, T. Boone Pickens, Paul G Allen, Michael Bloomberg, Barron Hilton, Carl Icahn, 3/

The difference between philanthropy and tax is that the donor chooses where their donation goes—back in their pockets or to a political cause that then...goes back in their pockets.

Meanwhile the people you promote or enable are buying up all of our land and housing so they will have complete control. We are rapidly descending to feudalism because of your ‘philanthropists’!

What they give away isn't much and it usually helps to offset their taxable income ... and you're right ... they cleanse the stink off their profiteering!

wait, are you saying that warren buffet donating 85% of his massive 44 billion dollar wealth in 2006 to bill gates', his wife's, and his children's non-profits was just a ploy to reduce his taxes? what's his wealth now then, 5 billion? nope, it's 100b. philanthropynewsdigest.org/n…