It This Too Good To Be True?

[piggynose]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/the-man-who-made-74-millionaires-for-christmas-hut-group-founder-has-rained-millions-of-pounds-on-charities-and-created-thousands-of-jobs/ar-BB1bXnzU?ocid=mailsignout&li=AAnZ9Ug

[emmie]

most don;t start as wealthy?

[emmie]

those who who have earned it can do with it as they see fit.

[piggynose]

As for bill gates and mr fb why is it publicly known how generous they are?

[pixie374]

Thankfully, not all, piggy. Many very rich people help others.

[piggynose]

Pixie have you got a link?

[emmie]

Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to give away 99 per cent of his shares in Facebook, which at their current market valuation, is worth around $45 billion. The giveaway will take place in Zuckerberg's lifetime. He's starting early - most billionaires, from Bill Gates to Warren Buffett, wait until their later years to start giving away their fortune.

[emmie]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-gates-foundation-giving-away-a-fortune/

[emmie]

so many give away their fortunes, from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg

[pixie374]

No piggy... have you got one for those who don't?

[emmie]

people from this country alone give an inordinate amount of money to charities around the world.

[david small]

There are some altruistic souls upon this planet thank goodness.

[emmie]

there are many more than there used to be

[emmie]

having said that there have been plenty of philanthropists in UK in the last century alone.

[emmie]

https://www.cafonline.org/about-us/publications/2019-publications/uk-giving-2019

[Spicerack]

The more money Gates 'gives away' the richer he gets. Same as all the others with 'charitable' foundations.

[emmie]

it still benefits people though right.

[allenlondon]

All this talk of rich people giving away their loose change...

Answer my point from 10:36 (...the parable talks of the old woman who had one coin in her purse, and gave it away to 'the poor'.)

Whose is the greater gift?

A

[piggynose]

Allen, you would need to ask Gates & co.

[allenlondon]

Ex Mrs Bezos gives away $4.5bn of her $60bn stash.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/dec/16/mackenzie-scott-ex-wife-of-jeff-bezos-gives-away-4bn-in-four-months-amazon-covid

That is wonderful, but less than ten per cent of what she’s got.

Surely that percentage matters?

[emmie]

at least they don't keep it to themselves.