For whatever you may think of Bill Gates, at one time he was worth up to $90 billion dollars. He was basically a geek, with his nose perpetually on a computer screen, trying to think up new software he could sell. Then he married Melissa and she humanized him. Between Melissa and his father, Bill Gates, Sr., giving him the occasional dope-slap, they formed the "Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation," which has given away billions to a number of good causes. His personal fortune is now down to about $30 billion, and is continuously shrinking. Not because MicroSoft is losing money, but because he's giving it away!

Ted Turner, at one time, was worth $3 billion—a relative pauper compared to Bill Gates—and he gave away (so far) $1 billion. When criticized for this by some of his fellow billionaires, Turner responded, "Who the hell NEEDS that much money, anyway!!?" He also built a sports stadium in Atlanta. Unlike most such sports stadiums, no taxes were assessed from the citizens. Turner built it on his own dime

Yeah, I can feel fairly good about guys like that. They've actually lifted their heads out of the cash box and looked around.

Don Firth