Bill Gates to give away $200 billion by 2045, says Musk is 'killing' world's poorest children
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I would like a small percentage of this. Hey just say, one percent.
I'm not greedy and I'm not too good at maths.
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Bollocks. If these rich assholes felt guilty and inclined towards altruism they'd have spent it already instead of "pledging".
"[…] Furthermore, their supposed philanthropy isn't just them giving money away no-questions-asked. More often than not they aim to benefit their coffers and/or virtue signal their “conscience”:
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“They are moving away from unfettered, no-strings-attached giving and toward increased donor control over organizations, and are blurring the lines between private investment and public benefit.” —Gilded Giving 2020, by Chuck Collins and Helen Flannery [17].
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“Your "Giving Pledge" has a loophole that renders it practically worthless, namely permitting pledgees to simply name charities in their wills. I have found that most billionaires or near billionaires hate giving large sums of money away while alive and instead set up family-controlled foundations to do it for them after death. And these foundations become, more often than not, bureaucracy-ridden sluggards. These rich are delighted to toss off a few million a year in order to remain socially acceptable. But that's it.” —Robert Wilson to Bill Gates, 2010 [18] […]" —What if I paid for all my free software? | arscyni.cc
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I would like a small percentage of this. Hey just say, one percent.
I'm not greedy and I'm not too good at maths.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I would be fine for the rest of my life with 0,005% (10 million €)
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Here's a crazy thought: How about paying people living wages instead of grabbing a megaphone and talking about the good you're doing for the world? Not that MS paid poorly (I worked for them back in college as an orange badge [contractor]), but a stitch in time, as they say, saves nine.
I believe Gates and Buffet are sincere. Musk, on the other hand ...
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The Nobel switcheroo, look what a saint I am.
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I would be fine for the rest of my life with 0,005% (10 million €)
High yield savings is currently at 4.66% at best right now...
With just 1 million in a bank account... That's 47k a year in interest. Considering that I don't need to work in this scenario (And thus wouldn't need a car, and all the other costs that come with needing to maintain stuff for a job)... I could probably make that work for the rest of my life.
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High yield savings is currently at 4.66% at best right now...
With just 1 million in a bank account... That's 47k a year in interest. Considering that I don't need to work in this scenario (And thus wouldn't need a car, and all the other costs that come with needing to maintain stuff for a job)... I could probably make that work for the rest of my life.
At the risk of sounding sexist or misogynist, you could make it work unless you have a wife......oh dear.
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At the risk of sounding sexist or misogynist, you could make it work unless you have a wife......oh dear.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I do have a wife. I pulled up our current budget and looked. We'd have to cut a couple of things but I could make it work pretty easily. It's the kids that would make it actually hard. But at this point they're spoiled enough. They'll live (they can live without food right?)
Edit: missed an entire word.
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Bollocks. If these rich assholes felt guilty and inclined towards altruism they'd have spent it already instead of "pledging".
"[…] Furthermore, their supposed philanthropy isn't just them giving money away no-questions-asked. More often than not they aim to benefit their coffers and/or virtue signal their “conscience”:
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“They are moving away from unfettered, no-strings-attached giving and toward increased donor control over organizations, and are blurring the lines between private investment and public benefit.” —Gilded Giving 2020, by Chuck Collins and Helen Flannery [17].
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“Your "Giving Pledge" has a loophole that renders it practically worthless, namely permitting pledgees to simply name charities in their wills. I have found that most billionaires or near billionaires hate giving large sums of money away while alive and instead set up family-controlled foundations to do it for them after death. And these foundations become, more often than not, bureaucracy-ridden sluggards. These rich are delighted to toss off a few million a year in order to remain socially acceptable. But that's it.” —Robert Wilson to Bill Gates, 2010 [18] […]" —What if I paid for all my free software? | arscyni.cc
wrote last edited by [email protected]Gates has donated over 100 billion already.
That's a bit more than "tossing a few million a year". -
