Just a reminder, these donations go to his own charities as a tax deduction.
this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2023
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If the charity itself is doing proper work, that makes sense tbh. I mean, if you had billions to donate, would you give it to some random ass organisation... Or set up your own thing to do things that you personally agree with?
If the charity itself is doing proper work
I would be utterly shocked if it was.
I'd you want to see how it's done, check out what his Ex-wife did with her money from the divorce
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/dec/15/mackenzie-scott-billionaire-donations-non-profits
Honestly, I’d go for the middle option: donate to existing charities that appeal to me. I don’t want to run a charity, it sounds like a massive headache.
He should divide all the money on all the people that ever worked for him and give them each a piece.
I'm so fucking sick of all these billionaires "pledging" their fortunes. "I promise to donate all my wealth when I die" then fucking do it you cowards, die already.
"Billionaire pledges" is the same vibe as "hopes and prayers" .
Except prayers have a higher chance of changing anything.
Can he donate like one billion to me first please?
I'm so poor, even a million would help.
Oh I think a million would dramatically change the lives of 99% of the people on the planet.
So selfish, he should give me a million, and then give 15usd to literally every single person on the planet (including himself).
So selfish
I'm practicing for when I'm a billionaire after he gives me a billion dollars this Tuesday.
No. The government should take it from him as taxes that he avoided. So the people can decide how best to invest it instead of over egomaniac with a history is abusing his people.
The US government? LOL. How much of the taxes goes to fossil fuel and corn subsidies and to the military industrial complex?
The majority of our taxes goes to social programs and healthcare. Military spending is insane, but we have to keep in mind that taxing billionaires will absolutely bring benefits to the common folks.