thoughts on the news of the day: genius

hmmm…..

            It’s a stroke of genius really. Forty wealthy families and individuals have joined with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a pledge to give at least half of their wealth to charities.  In other news, more than forty of the nation's millionaires have joined Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength to ask President Obama to discontinue the tax breaks established for them during the Bush administration.  "For the fiscal health of our nation and the well-being of our fellow citizens, we ask that you allow tax cuts on incomes over $1,000,000 to expire at the end of this year as scheduled," their website states. "We make this request as loyal citizens who now or in the past earned an income of $1,000,000 per year or more."

            The wealthiest folks in our nation are realizing that they have no hope of ever spending all of their wealth on themselves and their families and are generously offering at least a portion of their bounty to those in need. 

            I am guessing that probably everyone I know and everyone who reads this blog would not be one of the forty.  But we all can give a little.  One of the things the Lord requires of us is to act justly.  And that means striving to make sure that all are treated fairly, with dignity and compassion.  I think there are forty people in our country who have made a good start.

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