Glide comments on If you made $50,000 a year and donated 0.06%, you'd donate $30... that's it.

[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 66 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (7 children)

If everyone on this list gave the same percentage as Warren Buffett, the world would be a visibly better place.

Edit: To be clear, I am of the opinion that no one should be as rich as Warren Buffet, but I simply wanted to make the point that even as much as one third of all their wealth would visibly change the world, while leaving these people with a dragon's hoard of wealth.

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 27 points 8 months ago

If everyone on this list had their net wealth capped at $100 million, their quality of life would be totally unaffected, but poverty wouldn't exist, and the retirement age would be 45.

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[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Gates .ay be an asshole like the rest of them, but the reason he's probably not on the list is Melinda's Gates Foundation.

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[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

unfortanely it is not just about giving it out but where, as gates has shown, sometimes money given out can be harmful, gates only gives out money to things will benefit him

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[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Uh, polio eradication, malaria prevention, vaccine development? I work in the field, and what theFoundation along with Buffet's money has been transformational. Don't just believe things, research them. Buffet plans to match the BMGF yearly funding until they run out. That is why Buffet is also the only one giving a significant amount away.

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[–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

buffet's money usually goes to good places for what I know, but for example bill gate's charaity goes a lot for subtle propaganda campaigns

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[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago

As I said before, most of Buffets philanthropic efforts (33 billion at the time, much more now) were to BMGF.

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[–] BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Fuck that, just tax them at that percentage. They usually donate to their own charities and charities don't cover needs like government programs do. As well if they're religious they may have stipulations that exclude people instead of include.

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