That is what I'm asking people to clarify! What GOOD does she do besides get a HUGE tax break? My ancestors are from the Philippines which has a huge problem because people are either really rich there or extremely poor. (My brother still lives there, and trust me... he's on the poor side.) One of the biggest problems in financial aid is trying to get it to those that benefit from it most. Sorry, but most of the time when people donate large amounts of money it's for different reasons other than humanitarian aid.
Some might consider it mean to criticize charities but some definitely have an alternative motive. Do you remember when Bill Gates donated 100 million to India to stop AIDS over there? At the same time he was spending over 400 million fighting LINUX. He had special interests there because India holds 1/10th of the world’s software developers. So if AIDS took an even greater hold (with 4 million at that time) then there went his MS market. It's nice that they're getting help at the same time but I'm sure other countries in Africa needed the AIDS help MORE, but in the end Bill Gates was just looking to get richer. I don't think he would have donated any money to them if he didn't expect to get his investment back and then some. WTO's TRIPS (the rule that helps Gates rule) is what stops African governments from buying the medicines they need at cheap prices in the first place. He also did it for
PR because Times ran his story 3 times in a very brief period.
http://www.globalissues.org/TradeRelated/Debt/USAid.asp Personal Donates do help but when it's for other motives...
What is UP with Deb anyways? She has to be reading this...