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Old 06-27-2006, 06:00 AM  
psili
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Learned an interesting tidbit this morning: He's also giving about $3 billion to his late wife's, Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation - an abortion rights group in the US.

And after reading a bit more about the BMGF, it does seem they approach charity in a different manner than just dumping money off in different places; they take the time and effort to put their backing behind measurable and attainable goals. So instead of just giving money to other charities, for example, they actively invest large sums of money for R&D to invent vaccines that can then be cheaply reproduced, requires little to no refrigeration and can save millions of lives. Pretty respectable, if you ask me.
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