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Old 06-29-2006, 10:12 PM  
booker
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Part of the Gates' Foundation's mission statement is to find cures for cancer and AIDS. It's quite obvious that Bill wants a Nobel Prize, and you can't blame Buffett for wanting a piece of the action. Another high priority is improving education and public libraries in the US. Either way, "globalization" is inevitable. Unless we want to fight Iraq wars for the next eon, investment has to be made to integrate 3rd world counties into the modern world before militant/radical religious groups get entrenched. It's about the standard of living for our children, grandchildren, and so on.

I commend both of them. For over a decade, Gates has given at least $500M to charity every year, it's incredible.
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