The guy's a ruthless businessman, and that's been a great benefit to him. Now he's being a nice guy and is handing out cash to people that need it - and people are complaining about him being a ruthless businessman in the 90's.
Imagine, just for a second, that all ruthless businessmen in the World decided to give large chunks of their fortunes to charity. It would be awesome.
My point is that BG isn't the bad guy here; he's a role model.