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What Should A Billionaire Give, By Peter Singer

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In “What Should A Billionaire Give – And What Should You”, Peter Singer discusses the responsibility of people that have the means to help the poor around the world. A large portion of the article discusses the .001 percent of the wealthiest U.S taxpayers particularly Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet. These individuals have been generous with their money, Singer questions if they have been generous enough. He maps out data points showing that if others in their economic situation and lower brackets of wealth gave a percentage of their income based on a sliding scale to poverty stricken areas the revenue would meet the goals outlined by the United Nations Millennium Summit. Singer questions the morality of a small proportion of people

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