38 billionaires willing to give up half of state

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates persuaded 38 US billionaires put their signatures under the "The Giving Pledge". In early summer, they called on all participants in the Forbes list of the US to transfer 50% of its capital during life or after death, to bequeath. Except the initiators of the action, is now among the donors listed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, founder of CNN Ted Turner, film producer George Lucas, the banker David Rockefeller and oil investor Boone Pickens. "We have just started, but already received overwhelming response" - happy success of the campaign Warren Buffett. The aim of the organizers is to convince all billionaires to give at least half their assets to charity. And Gates said, 50% - this is the bottom bracket. The initiators of the company's previously stated they were not going to leave a legacy to their children and give their best condition to help people. Last fall, Forbes magazine estimated the combined wealth of the richest 400 Americans in 1, 27 trillion dollars. If Buffett and Gates could get all of it will be the largest charity event. To make it clearer, half of that money is almost twice the annual budget of the whole of Russia.