"As of 2018..donated around $36 billion to the foundation.."
You mean Bill's foundation? How about as of April 1st, 2020 how much as Bill and Melinda given in billions separate from their foundation? Is there something more...current you can find?
You've moved the goalposts so far we're playing a different sport. I know March 2020 seemed like a decade, but 2018 is a pretty recent number, and $36B is a pretty big number even if it's two years old.
Forgive me for second commenting, but I missed one salient point: the genesis of this discussion is that Bill Gates would like the entire economy to shut down. My argument is that gates should instead be looking to inject significantly more cash separate from his foundation, directly into our economy, before he starts demanding the economy shut down.
No, someone pulled up something from 2018. You may not have noticed but things are considerably different between 2018 and right now. We’re in a totally different world. Did you find something a little more current?
Their charity is among the most effective. Should Bill be willing to let people die whom their foundation could have saved just to please those who think it's self-serving?
B&M Gates recognized most charities aren't particularly effective, and that there were few places they could convert their cash to QALY's. They created a foundation which effectively does that and now pour their money into it.
I don't exactly understand what they should have done instead. Settle for a worse charity that would save fewer lives?
You mean Bill's foundation? How about as of April 1st, 2020 how much as Bill and Melinda given in billions separate from their foundation? Is there something more...current you can find?