Buffett Donates $6 Billion in Berkshire Shares to Charities

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9. Billionaires and their money can lead to interesting conversations. What they doesn't produce are general rules

that can be applied easily across the population of our billionaires.

We tend to be OK with Warren Buffett deciding how his money will be used. But if he were instead planning to spend it on selecting the next generation of Republican House and Senate candidates, DU's mood would shift. We would likely insist that the treasury take it all for public purposes, such as reducing the debt or paying off student loans.

It's not necessarily a good thing for the rich to get the idea that they get to decide where their money goes when they die.