America was once a "Great Nation" -- only because we were nearly ALL Working People. 2024: 7000 Mutual Funds (213 in 1987)--are they Wolves in Sheep's Clothing ? The 50-factor Increase of American Investing over the past 60 years--Is It the Worst Case of Enterprize Corruption in World History ? But Do These Millions of American Millionaires and Billionaires have an Almost Infinite Opportunity to Do Every Kind of Good--Solving Every Problem of Today's World ?    https://givingpledge.org/pledgerlist   https://www.maquilasolidarity.org https://www.maquilasolidarity.org/en/updates

Free Trade: Myth, Reality and Alternatives__by Graham Dunkley__$47.95 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/free-trade-graham-dunkley/1137840766   Why Politicians Lie About Trade: ... and What You Need to Know About It__by Dmitry Grozoubinski__$25.28 https://www.amazon.com/Why-Politicians-Lie-About-Trade/ Free Trade Doesn't Work: What Should Replace It and Why, 2011 Edition__by Ian Fletcher__$19.77 https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/free-trade-doesnt-work_ian-fletcher/543270/#idiq=10334812&edition=8583927   Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism__Ha-Joon Chang__$ 17.04 https://www.abebooks.com/9781596915985/Bad-Samaritans-Myth-Free-Trade-1596915986/plp   The Race To The Bottom: Why A Worldwide Worker Surplus And Uncontrolled Free Trade Are Sinking American Living Standards--by Alan Tonelson__$4.49__ https://www.secondsale.com/p/the-race-to-the-bottom-why-a-worldwide-worker-surplus-and-uncontrolled-free-trade-are-sinking-american-living-standards/3897768

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Henry David Thoreau once told us "that for every 1000 men hacking at the branches of evil--there is only one chopping at its roots".   In recent years--there have been those on Wall Street who have said "the people we were only 10 years ago would put the people we have become by today in prison".   Probably nothing strikes terror into the hearts of 800+ billionaires, 10,000,000 100-millionaires and 24,000,000 millionaires than the thought of losing it all. In 1987--former President Jimmy Carter and his wife published a book entitled--"Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life".   http://bloomberg.org "Throughout his career .. (Michael Bloomberg) has been strongly committed to giving back ... the Arts, Education, Public Health, Government Innovation, and the Greenwood Initiative--which aims to accelerate the pace of wealth accumulation in Black communities and address systemic underinvestment in them. He has given away $17.4 billion so far, with $3 billion distributed in 2023 alone. In 2024--President Biden awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom--the nation's highest civilian honor...". (Bloomberg also quit the Republicans and joined the Democrats--did this help him get the Freedom Medal ?)

http://givingpledge.org Warren Buffet--The Giving Pledge: "In 2006--I made a commitment to gradually give away all of my Berkshire Hathaway stock to philanthropic foundations. I couldn't be happier with that decision.   https://givingpledge.org/pledgerlist Now, Bill and Melinda Gates and  I are asking hundreds of rich Americans to pledge at least  50% of their wealth to charity... Many people, including--I'm proud to say--my three children, give extensively of their own time and talents to help others. Gifts of this kind often prove more valuable than money. A struggling child, befriended and nurtured by a caring mentor, receives a gift whose value far exceeds what can be bestowed by a check. My sister Doris, extends significant person-to-person help daily...   ...Some material things make my life more enjoyable; many, however, would not. I like having an expensive private plane, but owning a  half-dozen homes would be a burden. Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends...".   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Turner " ... (... In 1988--Ted Turner) gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden US support for the UN. Turner serves as chairman of the UN Foundation board of directors. Additionally, in 2001, Turner co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative with US Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA). NTI is a non-partisan organization dedicated to reducing global reliance on, and preventing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He currently serves as Co-Chairman of the board of directors ...".

(Intro) https://ballmergroup.org/grants   Aerospace Machinists Joint Training Committee $800,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 https://www.ajactraining.org/   Agroecology Fund $9,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 https://bharatagroecologyfund.org/   Alliance for Safety and Justice $20,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2027 https://asj.allianceforsafetyandjustice.org/   Bipartisan Policy Center $1,950,000 granted from 2024 - 2025 https://bipartisanpolicy.org/ https://bipartisanpolicy.org/policy-area/housing-terwilliger/   Canopy Planet Society $15,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2029 https://nextgennow.canopyplanet.org/   Ceres, Inc. $15,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 https://www.climateaction100.org/   Charter School Growth Fund $50,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2028 https://chartergrowthfund.org/   Clean Grid Initiative $6,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2025 https://multiplier.org/project/clean-grid-initiative/   Climate and Land Use Alliance $118,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2025 https://www.climateandlandusealliance.org/   ClimateWorks Foundation $15,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 https://www.climateworks.org/   Energy Foundation $85,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2025 https://www.ef.org/

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation $1,890,000 granted from 2023 - 2025 https://www.cbcfinc.org/   Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute $1,800,000 granted from 2023 - 2025 https://chci.org/   Corporation for a Skilled Workforce $475,000 granted from 2024 - 2025 https://www.aspeninstitute.org/   Green Door Initiative $450,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 https://www.greendoorinitiative.org/   Health In Harmony Inc. $4,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2028 https://www.rainforestexchange.earth/   The Hive Fund for Climate & Gender Justice $5,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2025 https://hivefund.org/   Homeboy Industries $2,250,000 granted from 2022 - 2025 https://homeboyindustries.org/hope-in-action/   Homestart Inc. $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 https://www.homestart.org/   Invest in Our Future $70,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2025 https://www.investinourfuture.org/   LA Local News Initiative $500,000 granted from 2024 - 2025 https://www.theajp.org/   National Low-Income Housing Coalition $1,300,000 granted from 2023 - 2025 http://www.nlihc.org/

National Skills Coalition $3,000,000 granted from 2022 - 2025 https://www.nationalskillscoalition.org/   The Nature Conservancy $15,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 https://www.nature.org/en-us/   Ocean Resilience and Climate Alliance $45,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 https://www.oceanclimate.org/   One Acre Fund $45,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 https://oneacrefund.org/   OneAmerica (immigrant communities) $1,500,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 https://oavotes.org/   PACT $10,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2025 https://ag-climate.org/   Para Los Ninos (early education centers / charter schools) $3,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 https://paralosninos.org/   The Pooled Fund on International Energy $48,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2026 https://europeanclimate.org/   Public Allies Inc. (partners with AmeriCorps) $3,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2027 https://publicallies.org/   RELP (clean energy in developing countries) $10,000,000 granted from 2024 - 2026 https://www.relp.ngo/   Student Freedom Initiative (communities anchored by HBCUs / high-speed broadband) $5,000,000 granted from 2023 - 2028 https://connect-humanity.shorthandstories.com/connect-101/index.html   Urban Institute $1,900,000 granted from 2024 - 2025 https://www.urban.org/

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