“捐赠宣言”：慈善并没那么简单
<p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="June">June</span> 2010, <span word="Bill">Bill</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Melinda">Melinda</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="Buffett">Buffett</span> <span word="started">started</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Giving">Giving</span> <span word="Pledge">Pledge</span>: <span word="an">an</span> <span word="initiative">initiative</span> <span word="aimed">aimed</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pledge">pledge</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="least">least</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="net">net</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="charitable">charitable</span> <span word="donations">donations</span>. <span word="So">So</span> <span word="far">far</span>, 40 <span word="individuals">individuals</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="signed">signed</span> <span word="up">up</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="includes">includes</span> <span word="household">household</span> <span word="names">names</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="George">George</span> <span word="Lucas">Lucas</span>, <span word="David">David</span> <span word="Rockefeller">Rockefeller</span>, <span word="Larry">Larry</span> <span word="Ellison">Ellison</span>, <span word="Michael">Michael</span> <span word="Bloomberg">Bloomberg</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="least">least</span>, <span word="founders">founders</span> <span word="Gates">Gates</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Buffett">Buffett</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="pledged">pledged</span> <span word="significantly">significantly</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="net">net</span> <span word="worth">worth</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Giving">Giving</span> <span word="Pledge">Pledge</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="astounding">astounding</span>. <span word="Let">Let</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="these">these</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="mean">mean</span>:</p><p>•<span word="The">The</span> <span word="combined">combined</span> <span word="net">net</span> <span word="worth">worth</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pledgers">pledgers</span>: $230 <span word="billion">billion</span></p><p>•<span word="What">What</span> <span word="could">could</span> $230 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>? <span word="Feed">Feed</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 862 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="hungry">hungry</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="for">for</span> 7.7 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p><span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="Buffett">Buffett</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Larry">Larry</span> <span word="Ellison">Ellison</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="already">already</span> <span word="pledged">pledged</span> <span word="far">far</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="half">half</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="wealth">wealth</span>.</p><p>•<span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="Buffett">Buffett</span>: $46.5 <span word="billion">billion</span></p><p>•<span word="If">If</span> <span word="Buffett">Buffett</span> <span word="donated">donated</span> $46.5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="treat">treat</span> <span word="over">over</span> 1 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="affected">affected</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="AIDS">AIDS</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="for">for</span> 30 <span word="years">years</span>.</p><p>•<span word="Larry">Larry</span> <span word="Ellison">Ellison</span>: $26.6 <span word="billion">billion</span></p><p>•<span word="If">If</span> <span word="Larry">Larry</span> <span word="Ellison">Ellison</span> <span word="donated">donated</span> $26.6 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="today">today</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="laptops">laptops</span> <span word="for">for</span> 133 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p><p>•<span word="With">With</span> <span word="Warren">Warren</span> <span word="Buffett">Buffett</span>, <span word="Larry">Larry</span> <span word="Ellison">Ellison</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="billionaires">billionaires</span> <span word="donating">donating</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 50% <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="wealth">wealth</span>, $125 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="go">go</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="charities">charities</span> <span word="today">today</span>.</p><p>•<span word="What">What</span> <span word="could">could</span> $125 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>? <span word="Educate">Educate</span> <span word="over">over</span> 80 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="for">for</span> 12.5 <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="give">give</span> <span word="cleaning">cleaning</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="to">to</span> 5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="for">for</span> 200 <span word="years">years</span>.</p>
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