Thank the rich for supporting the underclass

[ksen]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/poste...e-rich-for-supporting-the-underclass/?hpid=z4

The past two decades have spawned a new wave of billionaires who’ve have taken up the banner of social justice, sparking a golden age of philanthropy not seen since the days of Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan. A study at Boston College found the 0.22 percent of families with incomes of $1 million or more contributed about 13 percent of charitable giving in the United States. Since the early 1980s, the number of grant-giving foundations has spiked from about 22,000 to some 65,000 today.

This new crop of philanthropists made their millions through business sense, entrepreneurship, and capitalism. And now, they’ve turned those same tools to helping others. The result is a shift toward low-cost, high impact solutions that address the root of social ills.

And it doesn't hurt that the solutions they come up make money for the family's other businesses . . . amirite Bill Gates?

 

[Shadowy Man]

Does the article define "charitable giving"?

 

[ksen]

ugh, I'm not reading that pap again to find out.

 

[Nice Squirrel]

They are our betters. May they see fit to trickle down upon us.

 

[Underseer]

All hail the aristocracy. May they rule our unworthy lives with benevolence.

 

[ksen]

So let it be written, so let it be done so as to indemnify and hold Capitalists (“the 0.1%”), their officers, agents and employees harmless from any liability, loss or damage they may suffer as a result of claims, demands, costs or judgments against them arising out of the activities to be carried out pursuant to the carrying out of the obligations to rule over the masses, including, but not limited to, the use by the 0.1% of the results obtained from the activities performed by 0.1% under this Agreement.

 

[hurtinbuckaroo]

They are our betters. May they see fit to trickle down upon us.

They trickle down on us all the time and tell us it's raining.