{"id":832,"date":"2014-03-12T07:16:15","date_gmt":"2014-03-12T03:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/?p=832"},"modified":"2014-11-19T14:18:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T10:18:43","slug":"bill-gates-i-wrote-steve-jobs-a-letter-as-he-was-dying-he-kept-it-by-his-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishbookgeorgia.com\/blogebg\/bill-gates-i-wrote-steve-jobs-a-letter-as-he-was-dying-he-kept-it-by-his-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Gates: The People\u2019s Plutocrat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Bill-Gates\"<\/p>\n

Bill Gates has frugal tastes. Asked to name his luxuries, he lists DVDs, books and takeaway burgers. It is hard, however, to think that any fast-food outlet would get rich on Gates\u2019s custom. During a long list of engagements beginning well before dawn, he consumes nothing but cans of diet cola.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For America\u2019s wealthiest citizen, austerity is relative. The retinue of staff and the private jet hint at a fortune said to be approaching \u00a340 billion. As he told pupils at a south London school he visited this week: \u201cIf I hadn\u2019t given my money away, I\u2019d have had more than anyone else on the planet. Ninety-nine per cent of it will go.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In an era when the wealthiest are society\u2019s pariahs, the Microsoft founder has become the people\u2019s plutocrat. Although some diseases, such as malaria, remain rife, his charitable foundation and his lobbying have borne results. In the past year, not a single citizen in India contracted polio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cPeople think aid is abstract and thousands of miles away. I go there and see it. I\u2019m intent on making sure that my money gets to people who need it, and I come back and say it\u2019s working.\u201d This message has been heeded by \u201cCameron and George,\u201d who have promised to hit the recognised goal of spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on aid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Is he not disappointed that Mr Osborne will effectively be cutting the budget by more than \u00a31.1 billion over three years, because the economy is shrinking? \u201cI have nothing but praise for the UK. [The drop] is certainly unfortunate, but I can hardly complain about it. 0.7 per cent is the gold standard, and most countries aren\u2019t living up to that.\u201d<\/p>\nSource<\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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