We all know and admire the efforts of Bono and Bob who have given helping the poor some much needed glamour. Now big business is on board with Buffett (Warren) and Bill (Gates) leading the way. According to the Observer the rich just can’t get enough of giving their money away. Read Heather Connon’s article here

Now I don’t know about you but it seems that to me there must be something slightly screwy about our world that it works in such a way that people can become so rich that they then spend the rest of their lives working out how to give away all the money they’ve earned. While at the same time there are people living in incredible poverty. Something seems off.

Is it just me who thinks we’d all be better off if we all had just what we need and not so very much more? Sadly we’ve not come up with a good system for fair distribution of wealth. The last attempt was communism, which most people agree was a bit of a failure in the last century.

Sigh…..