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$500 Billion - can this solve the big problems?
A solution to that quandary of how to solve the Big Problems?
Bill and Melinda Gates set up a philanthropic venture/idea called "Give it Away" where more than a hundred billionaires have already pledged half their wealth. They have set up various research and charities to tackle malaria, polio, hunger, etc and these people will also lend their expertise to source further solutions.
An Australian billionaire has just pledged five billion with his families consent. These people are reporting how well they feel after donating, and id like to know if their health improves also as recent research indicates that helping others increases all the good things in our body and decreases things like cholesterol, etc?
this is a very substantial way to seriously address those big problems that other conversations are discussing. Just really wanted to share this good news and welcome your comments and hopefully more postings of Good News!
Please Share how you personally are making our world a better place, or your ideas and congratulations that this is actually happening?
Closing Statement from Kate Blake
Great participation, thanks everyone, and TED for the venue!
The most impressive part of this discussion was some sharing how they help others in order to make our world a better place. This is the best we can do, our own personal contribution in our own localities. What are you doing?
Was quite surprised by the number of people who were doubtful about the ability of more than a hundred billionaires to manage their funds! Wonder how they became billionaires?
Some offered interesting projects with questionable costs, but again I would imagine that this group would have their research, projects and organisation well under control.
It would be great if we could all really rejoice that they are making such a huge effort and contributing so much expertise as well as funds - that this could happen within our life! Well done "Give it Away" and all those involved!
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Random Chance 30+
a World Commission, involving almost all the countries in the world, did a study and came up with a money figure to solve each problem we, the earth and all other forms of life, face.
So the figures for slavery, illiteracy, poverty, polluted water, homelessness, starvation, air pollution, and on and on, and on, were all added together and a total was arrived at.
As one might imagine, it was astronomical, yet........
this total was only 1/4 of the world's total military spending!!
The money is there. It has to be taken away from the military everywhere in the world.
What, a couple of years ago, Great Britain, spent 18 billion for two aircraft carriers?
Why do they need those? What do they have in mind? What are they planning on using them for? They look ahead, and plan ahead too, and with who?
I think it was a month or two later, they next spent 29 billion on other military weapons. This is outrageous and I find it hard to believe the citizens of that country want their money spent that way.
Thailand, around the same time, spent almost as much (around 19 billion if memory serves me) for military weapons.
Thailand? What in the world do they need weapons for? Who are they planning on fighting, where might they be going, or invading and why?
That's what all this weaponry is for: for using.
The money is stolen from the people in all countries and much of it is used to then hire those out of work, but they work for the military, government and other agencies, that are only working to enslave the citizens even more.
They will then be those that "have" and it will be easier to brainwash them into seeing those who "don't have" as their enemy.
Their own friends, neighbors, their own countrymen, women and children.
Kate Blake 50+
And taking such funds off the military really appeals to me, let them run a cake stall like most schools have to to buy their equipment! One good idea to stop the current conflicts.
But am sure these billionaires will be able to make reasonable in roads into these issues over the next few years.