Gates&Buffet are both very invested in philanthropy and extremely data oriented. If they were made aware by someone they actually listen to, they just might do it.
It takes the two richest people to provide for 0.0022% of the people on the planet.
Too high of a cost for too low of a return. I believe those men think they can solve more than 0.0022% of a problem with their fortunes.
Those 8 million will no longer have to worry about feeding themselves, educating their children, paying their rent. They can create. A % will create businesses to take advantage of the money flow, supporting themselves and their communities, paying taxes, jobs, export.
Over a single generation you could move from 5% literacy to 95%, for 8 million families. That's a lot of kids and a lot of creators. Fewer babies next gen too if history is right.
Those 8 million will essentially have their greatest fears and worries removed and replaced with joy and freedom. Just imagine the possibilities.
well, for a while. then the money runs out.
8 people per year * 20 years = 160 Million people.
Also, the example was a family of 4 which would bump it to 640 Million.
PS: Those 7000 million people include plenty of people that are doing just fine.