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Misleading title. From 1994 to 2007, Bill Gates "gave" to a foundation an amount slightly larger than what US Foreign Aid "gave" in the single year of 2007.

The Foundation has not given that money to charities, it has given some small percentage and invested the rest so that it can last forever.

I put gave in quotes because possibly both parties are not giving unconditionally, but rather purchasing either respect or obedience or something else.



Foreign aid by any government is most certainly not given unconditionally. Even disaster relief carries political ties.




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