Well, I like this comment I came across on the Web:

"An irony that arises from your observation appears to be that, assuming there are Republicans that are as smart as Democratic billionaires, they are either too dumb or too lazy to take advantage of the US Tax code to legally reduce their tax liability by being charitable..."

... another interpretation is that people like Soros and the hedge fund guys are so rich that they in effect want high taxes on "the rich", because it stratifies society and keeps others from rising up to their level. 

Socialism as the perfect way to ensure a "feudal" society in which the rich class is "frozen" for all time, and the "new rich" cannot rise up...

What matters is that the rich are not interested in that proposition so...

The Great 8: Billionaires who will pay more

We canvassed the 400 wealthiest people in America. How many said they would pay more taxes? That's right: 2 percent

I like to report good news. Welcome to the civilized world, U.S.!

President Obama and the Democrats passed health care reform. And, by all accounts, it's starting to do some good.

A lot of good.

As Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar of the Associated Press first reported on Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control is releasing new data that shows the number of young adults, ages 19-25, without private insurance fell from about 10.5 million to 8 million between 2010 and the middle of 2011. The number of Americans in other age groups, including those between 26 and 35, went up in the same period. See the graph below, which Igor Volsky has reproduced from the administration's analysis.

Why would adults younger than 26 be so much more fortunate than those who are older? The only possible explanation, according to administration officials and most health care experts I know, is the Affordable Care Act. One of the first provisions to take effect is a requirement that insurers offering family coverage include dependents up through the age of 25.

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-cohn/98525/young-adults-under-25-insurance-obamacare-cdc-hhs