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Originally Posted by Warhammer
I'm not sure I agree with this. What is Warren Buffet doing with his fortune? What did Bill Gates do with a good chunk of his fortune? These are the two highest profile examples, but not all rich people need to be forced to help the poor.
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The plural of anecdote is not data. There are a number of studies from the past 10 years or so that the working poor give a greater percentage of their income to charity, for example, than the rich.
Do the rich, as a whole, tend to not give as much as they could to charity unless they're forced to do so (be it through taxes, tithes, etc...)? A look at history tends to indicate "yes", but the answer also depends on your defition of "as much as they could", I suppose.