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Why does the fact that Gates funds much needed charities in Africa matter to you? It isn't your money. The WSJ castigated Gates for similar reasons when he initially set up his charity. Funny how conservatives demand obeisance to the idea that one's own money is one's own to decide what to do with until the owner decides to spend it differently from how they would have spent it if it were their money.


On Mar 13 12:14 PM jackooo wrote:

> Why are Gates's charities in Africa? Doesn't the US have the poor
> and down trodden also?

Buffett's Advice to the Berkshire Faithful: Buy Index Funds

I'll bet bearfund has never beaten the indexes over, say, any given 10 year period in the past 50 years, especially after paying for all the expenses he has incured trying to figure out what might be likely (but is just as likely not to) outperform.

Bogleheads rule!

Buffett's Advice to the Berkshire Faithful: Buy Index Funds

Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund -- personal.vanguard.com/...

Vanguard Total Market Index Fund -- personal.vanguard.com/...

Vanguard Total International Stock Index -- personal.vanguard.com/...

And maybe a bit of

Vanguard REIT Index Fund -- personal.vanguard.com/...

You'll do fine.