Before you lionize a convicted monopolist ...<p>1) The USA tax code encourages wealthy people to create foundations. The money in the foundation is still controlled by them and has tax benefits.<p>2) In other countries, wealthy people are taxed to provide social services like education and healthcare. In the USA, they&#x27;re not - the capital gains rate of 15% is basically a round-off error compared to 90% last century.<p>3) Foundations work very well for tax planning. Who knows what their efficiency is as charity?