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Poverty and famine usually turn out to be political problems rather than anything else.

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Too many of the problems throughout the world are political. And the little guys are always left holding the dirty end of the stick.

One of the things I also admire about Gates is that he does good things with his money, but doesn't seem to think he needs to peddle his politics. True, his PR people may keep him quiet because MS gets enough bad raps as it is. But I tend to look at his philanthropy as acts of a guy less interested in "What's it gonna get me?" because he does it with less fanfare.