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[Paphitis]

It is not just Microsoft shares. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has a history of making gifts to large, wealthy corporations in which it is itself invested:



I don’t know about philanthropy, but the foundation seems to be flourishing as an investment fund:



I can’t help wondering if Gates is also personally invested in these companies.

https://www.thenation.com/article/socie ... lanthropy/

Looks like very lucrative business if you ask me.

[Paphitis]

And yet people are blindsided by the media.

One example, the US has an American President who donates his entire POTUS salary back to the US Federal purse. he doesn't go on and on about it. he just promised he would do that before he got elected and he stuck to his word.

[Paphitis]

There was silly me thinking it was about donations from the wealthy going to good causes. I mean, that nice Mr Gates could so easily donate the 50 billion in extra wealth he has made since embarking on his "career in philanthropy" to his foundation. I thought the Koch brothers were "baddies" anyway so why should anyone who aims to do good copy their model?

If gates did that, then yes, can't argue he is a Philanthropist. But he won't do that.

He will donate some several millions maybe which makes up 0.1% of his entire wealth, and announce it at a press conference for the publicity.

[Kikapu]

And yet people are blindsided by the media.

One example, the US has an American President who donates his entire POTUS salary back to the US Federal purse. he doesn't go on and on about it. he just promised he would do that before he got elected and he stuck to his word.

And how much did Trump’s businesses made with the corporate tax cuts in his first year?

$400,000 presidential salary is peanuts in comparison.

[Paphitis]

And yet people are blindsided by the media.

One example, the US has an American President who donates his entire POTUS salary back to the US Federal purse. he doesn't go on and on about it. he just promised he would do that before he got elected and he stuck to his word.

And how much did Trump’s businesses made with the corporate tax cuts in his first year?

$400,000 presidential salary is peanuts in comparison.

It doesn't matter that it's peanuts or not. It's also a bit more than 400K. It's about $550K

Being POTUS is a very big responsibility and I am sure he has very many sleepless nights and under extreme stress at times. He also doesn't make a big song and dance about it.

He just promised it during his campaign and kept his word and has left it at that. No other POTUS has done such a thing.

he didn't start the Trump and Melania Foundation over it.

[Paphitis]

And yet people are blindsided by the media.

One example, the US has an American President who donates his entire POTUS salary back to the US Federal purse. he doesn't go on and on about it. he just promised he would do that before he got elected and he stuck to his word.

And how much did Trump’s businesses made with the corporate tax cuts in his first year?

$400,000 presidential salary is peanuts in comparison.

I don't doubt at all he is a wealthy man. Official estimates have his net worth at around 3 Billion. He is still a nobody compared to the likes of Gates who is in the top 3 globally.

Also I have no doubt his businesses donate money, but again, he seems a lot more low key.

BTW, as POTUS, he had to surrender control to his businesses to his children I'm pretty sure.

In addition, Bush Senior is a much wealthier individual than Trump. The guy was a Texan Oil barron. Also tied in with a number of businesses. WHY didn't he do the same as Trump?

[Kikapu]

And yet people are blindsided by the media.

One example, the US has an American President who donates his entire POTUS salary back to the US Federal purse. he doesn't go on and on about it. he just promised he would do that before he got elected and he stuck to his word.

And how much did Trump’s businesses made with the corporate tax cuts in his first year?

$400,000 presidential salary is peanuts in comparison.

It doesn't matter that it's peanuts or not. It's also a bit more than 400K. It's about $550K

Being POTUS is a very big responsibility and I am sure he has very many sleepless nights and under extreme stress at times. He also doesn't make a big song and dance about it.

He just promised it during his campaign and kept his word and has left it at that. No other POTUS has done such a thing.

he didn't start the Trump and Melania Foundation over it.

Let me get this straight.

Trump donates his presidential salary to the treasury and is praised for it and yet Gates foundation donates billions and is accused of not being a nice guy by doing so. Really?

[Paphitis]

And yet people are blindsided by the media.

One example, the US has an American President who donates his entire POTUS salary back to the US Federal purse. he doesn't go on and on about it. he just promised he would do that before he got elected and he stuck to his word.

And how much did Trump’s businesses made with the corporate tax cuts in his first year?

$400,000 presidential salary is peanuts in comparison.

It doesn't matter that it's peanuts or not. It's also a bit more than 400K. It's about $550K

Being POTUS is a very big responsibility and I am sure he has very many sleepless nights and under extreme stress at times. He also doesn't make a big song and dance about it.

He just promised it during his campaign and kept his word and has left it at that. No other POTUS has done such a thing.

he didn't start the Trump and Melania Foundation over it.

Let me get this straight.

Trump donates his presidential salary to the treasury and is praised for it and yet Gates foundation donates billions and is accused of not being a nice guy by doing so. Really?

he hasn't been praised though. In my opinion he should be because he is the only POTUS to do such an act. The media brush it aside because it paints Trump in a good light and they are not interested in that.

However, Bill gates is praised every day as the noble philanthropist and he milks it. He isn't the only A Lister to do that. Most of them do.

[Kikapu]

And yet people are blindsided by the media.

One example, the US has an American President who donates his entire POTUS salary back to the US Federal purse. he doesn't go on and on about it. he just promised he would do that before he got elected and he stuck to his word.

And how much did Trump’s businesses made with the corporate tax cuts in his first year?

$400,000 presidential salary is peanuts in comparison.

It doesn't matter that it's peanuts or not. It's also a bit more than 400K. It's about $550K

Being POTUS is a very big responsibility and I am sure he has very many sleepless nights and under extreme stress at times. He also doesn't make a big song and dance about it.

He just promised it during his campaign and kept his word and has left it at that. No other POTUS has done such a thing.

he didn't start the Trump and Melania Foundation over it.

Let me get this straight.

Trump donates his presidential salary to the treasury and is praised for it and yet Gates foundation donates billions and is accused of not being a nice guy by doing so. Really?

he hasn't been praised though. In my opinion he should be because he is the only POTUS to do such an act. The media brush it aside because it paints Trump in a good light and they are not interested in that.

However, Bill gates is praised every day as the noble philanthropist and he milks it. He isn't the only A Lister to do that. Most of them do.

Yes indeed, it would be hard for the media to praise Trump playing the role of Robin Hood in reverse where he takes money from the poor and give it to the rich!

[Paphitis]

And yet people are blindsided by the media.

One example, the US has an American President who donates his entire POTUS salary back to the US Federal purse. he doesn't go on and on about it. he just promised he would do that before he got elected and he stuck to his word.

And how much did Trump’s businesses made with the corporate tax cuts in his first year?

$400,000 presidential salary is peanuts in comparison.

It doesn't matter that it's peanuts or not. It's also a bit more than 400K. It's about $550K

Being POTUS is a very big responsibility and I am sure he has very many sleepless nights and under extreme stress at times. He also doesn't make a big song and dance about it.

He just promised it during his campaign and kept his word and has left it at that. No other POTUS has done such a thing.

he didn't start the Trump and Melania Foundation over it.

Let me get this straight.

Trump donates his presidential salary to the treasury and is praised for it and yet Gates foundation donates billions and is accused of not being a nice guy by doing so. Really?

he hasn't been praised though. In my opinion he should be because he is the only POTUS to do such an act. The media brush it aside because it paints Trump in a good light and they are not interested in that.

However, Bill gates is praised every day as the noble philanthropist and he milks it. He isn't the only A Lister to do that. Most of them do.

Yes indeed, it would be hard for the media to praise Trump playing the role of Robin Hood in reverse where he takes money from the poor and give it to the rich!

let's analyse this accusation you have made. You accuse him of stealing from the poor and giving to the rich.

Now, I am trying to find examples of this. The only thing I can come up with is that in these unprecedented times, he has provided grants to sustain big business. Yes he has done that. 9.2 Billion to US Airlines comes to mind. Billions to other corporations that could have all gone under.

But we must ask WHY. Well quite clearly, it's not to give to the rich. It's to protect the jobs of hundreds of thousands of workers which would otherwise be redundant, or the employers become bankrupt. This is not just a trumpism.

My Salary is now being subsidized by the Australian Taxpayer. So the Australian Government is paying my employer a big chunk of my salary to pay me. They are subsidizing our routes so that we could continue to fly them, otherwise they would get the chop because they are not profitable under the current climate.

The media are not being honest in their reporting when it comes to trump because the MSM are an agenda ridden cesspool of propaganda and brainwashing of the masses.

Prior to Chy-na Virus, Trumps record on the economy has been prolific. The US actually topped the OECD in terms of economic growth. manufacturing jobs were returning to America. Blue collar workers were given hope after years of unemployment.

So, yes Trump can be likened to Robin Hood but Trump is no thief for the rich or the poor.

he did reduce taxation for business, but that is a global phenomena because high tax economies only encourage big business to move offshore.