Is charity fundraising absurd? As far as I am concerned it is. A far better approach is to have some, or indeed, all of it created electronically...Why should the people irrespective of their economic status have to fork out. The idea may seem "socially unacceptable" but so is famine, deadly diseases, absolute poverty, and many other ills of the world. It is time for money which controls the use, or abuse of resources to become something humane, and progressive as never before imaginable. http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Transfinancial_Economics Ofcourse, people like Soros, Gates, and Buffet, have pledged to give millions, and billions to charity... ...BUT THIS MONEY IN PART COULD ALSO BE WELL SPENT IN CREATING A CAMPAIGN FOR A NEW FINANCIAL SYSTEM ON THE LINES SIMILIAR TO TRANSFINANCIAL ECONOMICS...... Granted, they maybe brilliant geniuses at making money, but are they bright enough to understand the sentence in capitals Simply just giving away money without any serious thought of developing a new financial system which can bring about a better, and fairer world is frankly a waste of time, and indeed, a waste of money. The great tragedy is that this "revolution" could happen much quicker than we might expect if a pragmatic approach is taken towards the present financial system. RS