Why won't The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation help the average American Citizen?

Question

Its looks like to me all they do is send money abroad..and thats great for some of the things they do is wonderful..but its all 501c-3 charities...and things they do in the northwest...there are alot of causes all over the country that could use a little jump start capital...such as debt releif for distraugt indiviuals..etc

Answer 1

People Who Shape our World - Bill and Melinda Gates. The following article in today's TIME helps put your thoughts in perspective:

Every year malaria kills 1 million people—most of them African children under age 5. When Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, 50, and his wife Melinda, 41, were looking for ways to give away their prodigious wealth, they assumed that such monumental problems were being worked on. Instead, Melinda says, they found a "vacuum that does need to be stepped into."

Step they did: the Gates Foundation now provides more than a third of the world's entire malaria-research funding, and it's paying off. The most effective drug to treat the disease, naturally occurring artemisinin, is in devastatingly short supply. But last month Gates-funded scientists announced that they had created the technology to manufacture artemisinic acid synthetically. Within five years, the cost of a lifesaving supply is expected to drop from $2.40 to 25 cents. Lead researcher Jay Keasling says it would not have been possible without a $43 million Gates grant. "I had companies call me and say, 'This is great, but we can't give you any money. We can't make a profit on this,'" he says.

But even if millions are saved from malaria, there will be more diseases and more death. The Gateses' most profound influence has been to change expectations. Their belief that every life should have equal value, backed by their $29 billion endowment in the foundation, has injected hope not only into global health but also into their other priorities: public education, public libraries and at-risk families. The couple demands from grantees the same relentless focus on results expected of Microsoft employees and takes away the classic excuse for failure: not enough money. They have inspired others—from medical students, who are entering global-health fields in unprecedented numbers, to governments, which are putting billions into Gates initiatives. Says Jimmy Carter: "This is the most important foundation in the world.

Answer 2

They are sending huge amounts money abroad to places that don't have any money and they are doing so to eradicate diseases that have plagued those countries for generations. The amount the Gates Foundation contributes is more than the WHO budget!

And it should be known that they do a lot of things at home, like giving computers and other grants to schools.

I can't think of a more worthwhile use of their wealth. The average American citizen is a hell of a lot better off than most people in the world, but we are too myopic to understand that.

Answer 3

Because we don't need the Gate's money like the rest of the world.. Let's be grateful for what we have, instead of whining about what we don't have.. Bill and Melinda Gates have changed the world in ways no one has ever done in the history of this world !

Answer 4

I srongly believe that they don't really care about fellow americans in bad health they would rather help other people abroad than their own fellow americans I e-mailed bill a a lot of times about my poor wife who needs new knee implants and bill never looked at my e-mails while my poor wife suffers every day with her knees that are shot bonnie my wife said just stop he really doesn't care about his americans friends

Answer 5

Once you travel abroad to a third world country you see how fortunate Americans truly are. Poverty in parts of Africa and Asia is absolutely devastating and American dollars can really do some much good in those nations.

Answer 6

Because the average American has other groups and institutions he can call upon to help. People in Impovrished have nobody else but people like the Gates, and Angeilna Jolie to help and to make their plight known.

Answer 7

Because the average American is already better off than 98 percent of the world's population.

Answer 8

They're trying to create a new model of education in the north west.

If the succeed, then the model can be used all over. It's smarter to test out things first.

But he did get a lot of his money from overseas too.

Answer 9

Yeah, who knows why they don't help out the average American citizen - they sure should.

Answer 10

its because an average american citizen is much richer than the people in africa and asia