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Mon Nov 7, 2016, 12:16 PM Nov 2016

If Bernie and Bill Gates joined force's

and formed a coalition of like minded, morally guided billionaires with those who believe in Bernie's vision to make the world a better place.

Bernie and Bill seem to share a future world vision from reading this from a link in RAWSTORY.

The link directs to The Motley Fool site.

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snip> What is Gates calling for?
In an Oct. 6 post on his GatesNotes blog, he acknowledged that the current presidential election has led to him thinking about what political leadership can do to accelerate innovation. He notes that "innovation is the reason our lives have improved over the last century," pointing out that it has given us everything from electricity and cars to medicine and planes. "Today, we are far more productive because of the IT revolution," he wrote. "The most successful economies are driven by innovative industries that evolve to meet the needs of a changing world."

He notes that many moves forward come from a mix of government investments in basic research and private sector creativity and spending. Gates made it clear that innovation does not come from private investment alone and he called on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump (without naming them) to be leaders in the space.

"Accelerating innovation requires both political leadership and private sector leadership," he wrote. "The best leaders have the ability to do both the urgent things that demand attention today and at the same time lay the groundwork for innovation that will pay dividends for decades."

Gates laid out a number of goals -- call it a politely worded challenge -- to "whoever is elected in the U.S. in November." He named four priorities.

Provide everyone on earth with affordable energy without contributing to climate change.
Develop a vaccine for HIV and a cure for neurodegenerative diseases.
Protect the world from future health epidemics, which might be more infectious than Ebola and more deadly than Zika.
Give every student and teacher new tools so all students get a world-class education."<

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