Bill Gates has donated billions to a private foundation that his family controls. Perhaps hoping to push his donations leftward, ''Time'' Magazine promoted him and his wife Melinda Gates and rock star Bono as the "Person of the Year" for 2005.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1142278,00.html</ref> Indeed, it is difficult to identify a single donation by Gates to a [[conservative]] cause, despite his funneling of billions to liberal organizations. | Bill Gates has donated billions to a private foundation that his family controls. Perhaps hoping to push his donations leftward, ''Time'' Magazine promoted him and his wife Melinda Gates and rock star Bono as the "Person of the Year" for 2005.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1142278,00.html</ref> Indeed, it is difficult to identify a single donation by Gates to a [[conservative]] cause, despite his funneling of billions to liberal organizations. |