Thursday, September 21, 2006

Branson's Billions

Is it me, or has Richard Branson been playing "Billionaire Catch-Up" for a while now? First he tried to copycat Trump's tv show, now he's trying to copycat Buffett's mindboggling charity. It really makes him seem like a poser...

Also, climate change? Really? I mean, don't get me wrong, we need to do something about climate change, but I feel like there were better uses for that money. Climate change is largely a political rather than monetary problem. How about vaccines for other shit? How about infrastructure for the third world?

I just feel like the money should be spent where it can be best used. AIDS is clearly a pressing, immediate issue in need of serious cash. Global warming? Much more esoteric, and not clearly starving for cash so much as it is stonewalled by Congressional idiots and energy lobbyists.

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