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Other Names for the Redistribution of Wealth

July 13, 2010 · 1 comment

in George Soros, bailout, charity, economics, gifts, philanthropy, stock exchanges, terminology, wealth, wealth transfer

U.S. public discourse especially, particularly during election seasons, as we saw in the primaries leading up to Obama’s election, makes a lot of fuss with the phrase “the redistribution of wealth.”
Those using the phrase seem to intend it to refer to some type of “Robin Hood” scenario, where some guy steals from the rich in order [...]

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Give the Gift of Giving With Prepaid Visa Cards That Help Support Breast Cancer Research

December 18, 2009 · 2 comments

in Visa, charity, debit, gifts, philanthropy

Need ideas for stocking stuffers?  Want to give a gift that helps others, too?  How about some prepaid Visa debit cards that will also benefit the Breast Cancer Foundation?
ACE Cash Express and NetSpend have teamed up and donated $46,000 to the National Breast Cancer Foundation (NBCF) through an issue of pink prepaid Visa debit cards [...]

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Is it Wrong to Sponsor Children in Africa?

May 30, 2008 · 3 comments

in philanthropy

What do you think?

My understanding is that some people might view the “sponsorship” of a child by someone in the West as yet another “colonial” kind of move on behalf of the “First World” interfering with the “Third World” (I know those terms are no longer politically correct).
But what if you’re just really helping someone [...]

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