Percy Ross is the most famous millionaire in the USA because he gave away all his money to other people. Percy was born in 1916 in Michigan. His parents had come to the USA from Latvia and Russia. His family were really poor. Percy showed a talent for business and made a fortune in the fur trade. But soon he made fortune again - this time by manufacturing plastic bags. Then he sold this company for millions of dollars. He started giving away his money in 1977: he gave 50,000$ to 50 Vietnamese refugees. A lot of people wrote and asked for money. He recieved about 40,000 requests every month. Also he started a newspaper column and later a radio show. Anyway, Ross finally succeeded in giving away his money. He said that if he would had twice as much he still would given it all away. He died in 2001 at the age of 85.
Some people think that modern man has become lazy and spoiled by all the new machinery doing everything for him, but I can't agree with this statement. As for me, it's a costant will of a man that has made us to live in a better world today. People spent decades, sometimes all their lifes to explore or to invent something to help others to survive, to keep their lifes or just to lighten their burden. Who would say that one can live now in a city without a cooker, a vacuum cleaner or a fridge? What are you going to do without a PC nowadays? Do all these tools make us lazy and spoiled? No, and no once again. But they let us have more spare time to think about other problems that everyday life puts before us. And we should thank the progress! Here, I wouldn't say about the bad side of the progress, as it is not the right place.
And for those who still believe, that modern man is spoiled by the machinery, I would recommend going to an uninhabited island and living there for several months...
Percy Ross is the most famous millionaire in the USA because he gave away all his money to other people. Percy was born in 1916 in Michigan. His parents had come to the USA from Latvia and Russia. His family were really poor. Percy showed a talent for business and made a fortune in the fur trade. But soon he made fortune again - this time by manufacturing plastic bags. Then he sold this company for millions of dollars. He started giving away his money in 1977: he gave 50,000$ to 50 Vietnamese refugees. A lot of people wrote and asked for money. He recieved about 40,000 requests every month. Also he started a newspaper column and later a radio show. Anyway, Ross finally succeeded in giving away his money. He said that if he would had twice as much he still would given it all away. He died in 2001 at the age of 85.
Some people think that modern man has become lazy and spoiled by all the new machinery doing everything for him, but I can't agree with this statement. As for me, it's a costant will of a man that has made us to live in a better world today. People spent decades, sometimes all their lifes to explore or to invent something to help others to survive, to keep their lifes or just to lighten their burden. Who would say that one can live now in a city without a cooker, a vacuum cleaner or a fridge? What are you going to do without a PC nowadays? Do all these tools make us lazy and spoiled? No, and no once again. But they let us have more spare time to think about other problems that everyday life puts before us. And we should thank the progress! Here, I wouldn't say about the bad side of the progress, as it is not the right place.
And for those who still believe, that modern man is spoiled by the machinery, I would recommend going to an uninhabited island and living there for several months...