The Legend That Is Bill Gates

Bill Gates isn't exactly the most popular man in America. In fact, a lot of people hate him. Are you a Bill Gates hater?

If you are, you might want to rethink that position. Bill Gates is a very generous man and does great things in the world. Do you know how much money his foundation, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, donates to different causes every year? Try 1.5 billion dollars. You have to admit, that is a number that boggles the mind. That is how much he gives away, every single year.

Bill Gates used to be with Microsoft of course, but he recently retired. He decided to retire so that he could spend his life doing charitable work through his foundation. Despite all this, some people who are the type to be negative and judgmental still think he's an asshole.

Now, no way is Microsoft the perfect company. But the perfect company doesn't exist! Microsoft is a lot less evil than many companies in corporate America.

Bill Gates has been a tremendous success, and is very generous. There is no reason to have any feelings toward the man other than respect, and to admire what he has built from nothing with Microsoft.

Everyone who hates on Bill Gates needs to quit being so nave. If he hadn't started out taking, and making his fortune, he would have had nothing to give! If you give a hundred percent of nothing, that's still nothing. It would not have been better for anyone had he not been ambitious.

Bill Gates built himself up so that he could eventually make a real difference. That's because he's a smart man. Why sit around complaining about how you don't have any money and Bill Gates has so much. Why shouldn't he have more than you - what are you doing to improve the world?

Do you contribute to AIDS research? Work to reduce world hunger? Bill Gates does. He dedicates his life to making the lives of others better.

You only hurt yourself when you resent others' successes. If you believe that rich people get rich because they are greedy and crooked, what does that say about your chances of becoming wealthy? If you think you are a good person, and rich people are bad people, you aren't likely to become rich.