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Warren Buffett Promises to Match Local Teen's Donation
The billionaire promised a $300 matching contribution to a local teen's donation to decrease the national debt.
One Northbrook teen checked her mailbox this week to find a letter from Warren Buffett
Katie Murphy, 16, wrote a letter to the billionaire asking him to match the $300 donation she wanted to make toward decreasing the national debt, according to ABC-7 News. And on Monday, Buffett wrote back to say he would match her gift.
"I really just wanted to make a statement for my own generation who will be dealing with the unemployment and college debt, that if people don't act now that's going to be our problem for years to come," Murphy told the news station.
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