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[quote=Anonymous]I would simply like to offer thank you for this donation. It is a private couple choosing to use their private wealth to fund a project that I believe has possibility of having a significant beneficial public impact.  Personally, I don’t feel the need to rank whether or not I would put this type of investment at the top of my list if I were choosing to donate $1 billion, which I don’t have, I am simply grateful that these private citizens have chosen to support an area that is of great public importance.  And more generally, I think it’s a very good thing to say wealthy individuals dedicating resources to the public good.  And I am glad it is happening, regardless of whether or not it is helping impoverished kids pay for college, refugees to relocate, cognitively disabled people from finding jobs, imprisoned use from obtaining needed rehabilitation, elderly from suffering abuse, old cold towns from economic disaster, or anything else. All of these are very important and noble causes. That a multi billionaire chooses to focus on one is just fine by me. In fact, the more it is viewed as a good thing for the Uber wealthy to do, the more they will probably do so in a whole range of the areas that need support. So, maybe, just maybe, we could say a simple thank you and offer appreciation  rather than tearing donors down essentially just because they are rich. These guys are doing exactly what many of us would want the rich to do. So can we ever stop complaining?[/quote]

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