Lannister the Rich
Well-Known Member
Jeff Bezos donates 98.5 million dollars to “homelessness” and Twitter erupts into two factions. One half saying it’s only 0.09% of his wealth while the other half saying $98.5 million is still a lot of money, more than any person would normally contribute.
Here’s the issue: both are absolutely correct and don’t want to agree with the other side. The thing is, $98.5 million is a lot of money, but it is absolutely a penny to Jeff Bezos. I, personally, am not scolding him for donating the money, I’m scolding the fact that this is just a publicity stunt. The Amazon HQ being moved to Seattle skyrocketed cost of living and increased the number of homeless people there. $98.5 million dollars is less than Jeff Bezos makes in an hour. He is literally the richest man in the entire world, and while he did donate a lot of money, he could have donated 10x that and still not have even felt it. He could literally donate 99% of his wealth and still have plenty of money for himself, his children,his grandchildren to live comfortably.
Now, I’ll wait for the bootlickers to say I’m jealous of Jeff Bezos’ money. And for this, I’ll say that if I had his money, I would 100% donate every penny of it to as many charities as I could in order to help my fellow man.
It’s not a matter of what he has done, it’s a matter of what he could do. Like I said, I agree that it’s a lot of money, more money than I could ever donate. But if I had the opportunity, it would have been a lot more than pennies on the hundred dollar bill.
Here’s the issue: both are absolutely correct and don’t want to agree with the other side. The thing is, $98.5 million is a lot of money, but it is absolutely a penny to Jeff Bezos. I, personally, am not scolding him for donating the money, I’m scolding the fact that this is just a publicity stunt. The Amazon HQ being moved to Seattle skyrocketed cost of living and increased the number of homeless people there. $98.5 million dollars is less than Jeff Bezos makes in an hour. He is literally the richest man in the entire world, and while he did donate a lot of money, he could have donated 10x that and still not have even felt it. He could literally donate 99% of his wealth and still have plenty of money for himself, his children,his grandchildren to live comfortably.
Now, I’ll wait for the bootlickers to say I’m jealous of Jeff Bezos’ money. And for this, I’ll say that if I had his money, I would 100% donate every penny of it to as many charities as I could in order to help my fellow man.
It’s not a matter of what he has done, it’s a matter of what he could do. Like I said, I agree that it’s a lot of money, more money than I could ever donate. But if I had the opportunity, it would have been a lot more than pennies on the hundred dollar bill.
Last edited: