On Tue, 24 Aug 2010, J.A. Simmons V wrote: > Bill Gates in not so "good" that he deserves to have all that money. > Gates used his mind to start a company, his resources to build that > company, and then used his mind to drive that company to success. Do you > think that you can do what Bill did? Why don't you? Do you think you > could make a company as big as EDS (before HP bought it). Ross Perot > started EDS with an idea and $1000. Microsoft has similar humble > beginnings. Do you have a $1000? How about $5000? Do you think you could > save up for a year and get the needed current dollar equivalent? If you > also have an idea,then you to can be rich, and do what ever you want > with your money at that point. (Which Bill is currently giving away tons > of cash for charity work voluntarily. Is he still bad?) OK, I changed my mind. Bill Gates is really good and he should have $60 billion, and he's giving it all away to save the starving children. How could I ever have doubted his pure goodness? I came up with another way to get enough people together so that they can compete with Bill Gates' wealth: We have about 5.3 million people in Minnesota. Let's say there are 3.5 people in the average Minnesota family. Then we can have every family in the state save $4,000 per year, every year for 10 years. Then we put all of our money together and we'll have about $60 billion. It just shows you that if 5.3 million people work really hard for a decade, they can amass as much wealth as one super-rich, super-good (how could I have questioned him?!) man whose great mind has made him deserving of his power. Mike