Look, I appreciate when ridiculously rich people give away large sums of money. After all, a million dollars is a a million dollars and can help a lot of people. But it's always seemed to me that the super rich could do MORE or else they wouldn't be SUPER RICH in the first place. I've never understood why multi billionaires couldn't donate most of their fortune and just live as multi millionaires so that MORE people can live a decent life with healthcare and food and shelter and education.
I know that's absolutely NOT the "American Way", but I really wish it was.
This morning, while watching "Sunday Morning", they did a piece on
Chuck Feeney and my heart was warmed. If more wealthy people were like him, the world wouldn't be so full of assholes wasting their money cars and clothes and
pets from pet mills.
Thanks for being a generous, caring, decent human being, Mr. Feeney!
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