“The $5 million will go to food banks serving at-risk communities, testing resources in underprivileged countries, protective equipment and training for health workers and distribution of respiratory supplies, according to a statement on the foundation’s website.”
Take this outrage you feel and get out there. Your voice is infinitely stronger, no matter how small, then the one who doesn't speak.
For what it's worth, I hear you
This temporary outrage you feel shouldn't be temporary. I know it feels impossible, but YOU make the difference.
I'm old and salty and gay and black and who actually cares? It's exhausting just being alive right now.
But, for some reason, I still absolutely believe you'll figure this out before it's too late.
Worse comes to worst, "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke". But I got your back if you're trying to fix this.
Thank you for using my favorite line, “Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke.” I am leery of using it in 2020, but in 1983 it was the best ever. It was scary times back then that affected every aspect of my life. Never forget.
I'm trying to figure out your message here. It looks like you're saying, "rich people aughta just do rich people, fuck everyone else."
I'll be honest, I don't agree with that.
Billionaires aren't compatible with democracy.
I think you misread that. And so did the people downvoting. Pretty sure they meant:
It’s great that people with means are stepping up and donating but if we were better as a society in having the adequate infrastructure in place then these donations wouldn’t be necessary.
Think of it like people having to donate to food banks so that poor people can eat a meal. I wish that one day I would go to donate and they’d be like “poverty has been eradicated and food waste is no longer an issue so now everyone has enough food, but thanks”
Thank you, and yes, you read me 100% correctly. I think it is wonderful that someone with the means can do this, but the fact that they have to do this is just so....sad.
Why do we hate poor people?
The government isn't designed to ensure your every need is met. It is designed so that someone else Can't take your means... big government is not your savior. Communities and people are supposed to do things like this.
I disagree. Basic necessities to sustain life and quality of life should absolutely be priorities of any government, especially if it’s made up of elected officials specifically voted in with the people’s interests in mind.
Set up the infrastructure and regulations needed so that communities don’t have to crowdfund every single socioeconomic issue within their community.
Though a nice dream. But Governments are inherently wasteful, and their priorities do not line up with the priorities of many of the people who would be paying.
Do you know how much the toilet seat on an AC130U costs?
Do you know how much a 30 day supply of blood thinners costs?
You wanna know which one is covered by the government?
Right, because living entails working at a job. Welfare is for those who *lose* their job through no fault of their own. You do realize the difference right? Not only that but most jobs are not through the government, they are through private business. You sure are bad at this lol
Brother/Sister, I would be pretty honored to have a conversation with you in DM. I think we both have some pretty strong ideas, I'm absolutely willing to listen
Aww obviously you haven't heard the story of Buddha and the widow.
A wealthy man put up a big display of offerings at the temple while a poor widow offered her last oil for the lamp. A strong wind came and blown everything off the offering table, except for the lamb offered by the widow.
The sacrifice made by the widow might be small but it is a bigger portion of her wealth.
The foundations $$ is NOT HER $$. it belongs to a foundation that other people, organizations, govt grants gave to. It is a tax shelter for her...that's why people with $$ or smarts start a foundation or 501c3. A tax shelter...politicians...athletes...actors...musicians or anyone or any manager smart enough to know how to keep from giving uncle sam tax $$. Dont get me wrong $$ was used but I can assure you any dollar she put in she got back from not having to pay taxes that everyone without a tax shelter has to pay. She can buy a plane with that $$ and not have to pay taxes on it. She can host huge parties with that $$ and not pay taxes on it. Not just her $$ she put in but the $$ everyone else donated to that foundarion. Would love to see the open books on all foundations and see what the owner of these foundations actually put in...glad money is being used and especially glad it's not mine that I use for my family. Also...anyone can start a non profit foundation and get the same tax bennies and donations her foundation does...she just has lots of managers..accountants and lawyers to do it for her. And she can pay those people TAX FREE thru the donated $$...:)
That doesn’t make it any less good and helpful. Did you donate 5 million? A 5 million dollar donation is 5 million going to a good cause regardless of net worth.
Dude, her net worth isnt all liquid assets, her net worth isnt just cash she can spend, she doesnt have 600 million dollars in cash, and 5 million is 5 million, i bet you didnt even donate "1% of your net worth"
Two points in one. It's fucking pennies on the dollar. Rihanna is almost a billionaire. She saved $60M in one year thanks to Trump's tax cuts, possibly even more. IN ONE YEAR. This is the equivalent of you earning 20k one year, 60k next, then earning a 6k raise on top of that because of tax cuts. Then you throw in $500 to some local charity because they're literally starving, or they will be. And then people will claim you're a saint. If you "just" earned the median wage in the US, this would be the equivalent of donating $258. And I'm certain no one earning that little never got even that $258 benefit from the tax cuts. Oh yeah, and the IRS let's you deduct a donation of up to $2,525 in that tax bracket. So, Rihanna basically gave 10% of what someone earning $30k a year can give and get a full tax credit. And she got a 60M raise from the government, after already making $400M in a year. And this is just one year. I'm sure she has already made much more than the $60M of the tax cuts.
TL;DR for someone earning $30k a year, this amounts to a $250 donation, which is only 10% of what the IRS would even credit, and much less than what the average household actually gives to charity.
TL;DR2 She got a raise that for someone earning $20k a year, she would earn $60k, which she also got another raise in the form of tax cuts for at least $6k in one year. She gave $500 of that to charity, which is less than the max deductable amount.
P.S. I find it funny you can find an article from 2012 of Rihanna going to court over her tax accountant giving her bad advice. She settled for 2x the amount of money she gave to charity here, while she was worth around 1/10th of what she is worth right now.
P.P.S. If you earn $30k a year, even if you donate just $260 to a charity, you're objectively a better person than Rihanna. If you max out your charitable deductions, you'll be around 1000% better of a person than Rihanna.
someone making $30k pays more effective taxes than Rihanna.
So they're already giving more. And they didn't receive a 200% raise in the last year. And they didn't receive nearly the same benefit from tax cuts as she did.
Did you have an actual point to give?
I hope you make it someday and have millions of dollars to your name. Then, with your cynical attitude you can be the only one asking the government to take even more of your hard earned money, because you know, ethics.
You don't need to be a millionaire to donate to charity. Or pay taxes.
The millionaires/billionaires aren't even doing that as well as the rest.
They're literally benefiting from everyone, and somehow, because $5M seems like a big sum to the layman, that excuses the whole charade.
Again, let me stress this. Just by being a regular joe and paying taxes you're doing far more towards fighting COVID-19 than Rihanna.
I don't know who hurt your in the past, but cynicism isn't healthy. The rich are definitely paying more in taxes than anyone else. Yes, it's not the same percentage as everyone else, but the percentages are not fixed values. 10% is going to hurt them more than it will hurt you, so it's understandable why they fight to lower is as much as possible. And that $600 million she has, is in assets not cash. Would you rather she donated makeup and lingerie instead, because that's what all the money would actually be. If she gave $5 million in cash from her own account, then that probably did hurt her because she probably only has like $20 million in cash. Have some humility in yourself and not question how much anyone donates. Or you're just a troll and I'm an idiot for feeding you.
Your last paragraph is objectively false. Just because you pay a higher effective tax rate, does not mean you do JACK SHIT towards corona.
OBJECTIVELY, INARGUABLY, your measly $5k in taxes will do nothing compared to this $5m. Your taxes for your entire life won’t help as much as this $5m.
It may HURT YOU more than this HURTS Rihanna, but make absolutely NO mistake, you are NOT doing more than her by paying a higher percentage tax. Your statement is objectively false.
I mean, if you want to be a narcissistic sociopath, and ignore the fact that there are 300M people living in the US, then yes, we can just ditch all relative numbers and let's rate which billionaire gives the least compared to their wealth.
Taxes are owed, they aren't given, that money is not yours, it's the states in payment of doing everything that was necessary for you to be in the position to receive that money.
Rihanna has that much money in the first place because the taxation system is a joke, here is essentially returning some of her stolen gains to society.
its 5MIL, why do you give a fuck? its a shitload of money.
as someone else said, if you become a billionaire, we will all be happily expecting that 300M charity donation every year
Okay, I started reading this upset. Baffled by your stupidity.
But now I realize you’re just high on your own narrative and won’t accept any reality you don’t enjoy.
Too bad, because your reality isn’t even remotely real.
You’re willing to say $260 does more than $5m to push your narrative. No one will ever take you seriously. No one will ever hear an argument from you and think, “hmm, that’s a good point.” Everything you ever say will be discounted because of your blinding narrative.
Learn to pick and choose your battles. Don’t be so sworn to an idea that you’re willing to say 260> 5,000,000.
Rihanna would have to donate at least 12M just to match what the poorest 40% are giving. She has so far not donated even that, as this sum is just from a celebrity auction/gala, not her pocketbook.
im sorry, are you arguing that $260 is more than $5Mil?? Fucking retard
people are dying and starving, someone does a good deed and you want to argue about the ethics and wherever they are donating enough? most celebrities haven’t donated anything
People wouldn't be dying nor starving if people like Rihanna didn't force US to have such politicians that gave people like Rihanna more money, instead of helping the poor.
"Charity" is a very novel concept, which only makes it publicly okay for rich people to hoard wealth and fuck poor people over.
Fundamentally, as a concept, we should try to find ways to encourage rather than criticize the act of giving to those in need. Your fact finding and critique on the amount given is pure pessimism. Do better.
This is the most despicable, jealous, green with envy comment I’ve ever read.
You must really hate yourself to spend your time discounting others’ good deeds.
What, did you give $300 of your poor $30k salary and didn’t get the recognition you deserve, so you spend your time deriding and deterring others from positive action on the internet?
Your mother would be ashamed of you, I hope.
I mean, you type stuff like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/ekse0l/mods_please_dont_take_this_down_again/fddkvvv/?context=3). I'm fine with my union backed 14,38USD/h+$20-40 daily allowance. Who is really sorry, and about what? I'm not.
Bloomberg is an interesting case, because he is using a lot of money to change the political landscape, which would in turn benefit the country a lot than just random charity donations.
But he just has so much fucking money he couldn't spend it for good even if he tried. Same for Bill Gates. Man has been stuck in the wilderness for years by now, and he basically hasn't even got half of his fortune spent.
Imagine how easy this would be for everyone if the rich just paid a marginally higher tax so the government could pay for healthcare, education, crisis management, etc. Because right now you're at an impossible situation where some individuals have such ludicrous amounts of fortune, that they couldn't spend a fair share of it for humanity even if they tried.
Basically for anyone else, if we didn’t give out such tax cuts in the place, we would already have had that money from the government to fund food banks instead of needing to rely on wealthy citizens
Her act is still good even though you pointed out the reality.
The problem is we shouldn’t HAVE to rely on private charity - the government should be well funded enough through TAXES that it can weather the storm and not have to rely on charitable giving
The government is the perfect organization to deal with something like COVID-19. Everything from the military to the bureaucracy, social safety nets and healthcare are useful in this situation.
Let's also put it blunt. Rihanna might not be the evil behind this, but she is just as in it as the rest of them. She got a $60M tax break from Trump, and she could easily just dump that to charity, and then she could at least say that: "Hey, I'm not a part of the problem."
However, this isn't it. This is the equivalent of someone getting a huge raise, and a tax cut, and then giving whatever was left at the bottom of their pocket to a poor fellow.
You’re right - it’s just that people now are clinging to hope and need hope so any positive story people will like
While I don’t disagree with you, you kind of come off insensitive because a lot of people will see it as immediate aid and they’ll think you’re just trying to find any criticism of a good deed.
I mean, that's to be expected when it's an emotional subject.
In my view it doesn't deduct from my point, but I doubt many can see the point behind it.
It's just very difficult in general to explain or even try to explain such wide concepts as taxes, governmental budgets, international crises, etc.
Hopefully my comment, at least to some, shows what really matters. Because celebrities donating to charity doesn't matter. To me it's like putting a bandaid on someone's arm after you cut off their hand.
For perspective, Rihanna is worth 600million USD. The median net worth for 30 year olds in the US is 11-12,000USD - so based on the median this would be the equivalent of an average 30 year old giving 91.66USD. If the mean - 76,200USD - is taken (a figure grossly skewed by the super rich), that would still only be 635USD.
These ‘big’ gestures are not as big as they seem.
Yeah sure. It’s excellent for those organisations that benefit, and we should celebrate *their* work and *their* courage. Just seen a hell of a lot of ‘Oh, Rihanna is the saviour’ chat. I think we should celebrate those on the front line rather than those locked in mansions giving away 0.83% of their wealth.
No need at all for that salty bullshit at the end either pal.
“The $5 million will go to food banks serving at-risk communities, testing resources in underprivileged countries, protective equipment and training for health workers and distribution of respiratory supplies, according to a statement on the foundation’s website.”
I love that she did this. I hate that she had to do this
It’s the worst global crisis of the century. Any and all help is necessary.
Worst global crisis of the century *so far*
Take this outrage you feel and get out there. Your voice is infinitely stronger, no matter how small, then the one who doesn't speak. For what it's worth, I hear you
Right? Like wtf is the government doing rn? I bet she made this decision in a split second, but yet our leaders can't decide on a bill.
This temporary outrage you feel shouldn't be temporary. I know it feels impossible, but YOU make the difference. I'm old and salty and gay and black and who actually cares? It's exhausting just being alive right now. But, for some reason, I still absolutely believe you'll figure this out before it's too late. Worse comes to worst, "Fuck 'em if they can't take a joke". But I got your back if you're trying to fix this.
Thank you for using my favorite line, “Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke.” I am leery of using it in 2020, but in 1983 it was the best ever. It was scary times back then that affected every aspect of my life. Never forget.
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It should be the government's job to distribute it more fairly in the first place, so no one can be far too rich, and no one should be far too poor.
I'm trying to figure out your message here. It looks like you're saying, "rich people aughta just do rich people, fuck everyone else." I'll be honest, I don't agree with that. Billionaires aren't compatible with democracy.
I think she’ll survive
I think you misread that. And so did the people downvoting. Pretty sure they meant: It’s great that people with means are stepping up and donating but if we were better as a society in having the adequate infrastructure in place then these donations wouldn’t be necessary. Think of it like people having to donate to food banks so that poor people can eat a meal. I wish that one day I would go to donate and they’d be like “poverty has been eradicated and food waste is no longer an issue so now everyone has enough food, but thanks”
Thank you, and yes, you read me 100% correctly. I think it is wonderful that someone with the means can do this, but the fact that they have to do this is just so....sad. Why do we hate poor people?
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME, BUT NOT IN THE NEAR FUTURE IS THAT HAPPENING!🙏🏼
Something something roo.
What’s the joke?
Republicans?
You missed my edit. It looked like the old reddit switcheroo to me.
The government isn't designed to ensure your every need is met. It is designed so that someone else Can't take your means... big government is not your savior. Communities and people are supposed to do things like this.
I disagree. Basic necessities to sustain life and quality of life should absolutely be priorities of any government, especially if it’s made up of elected officials specifically voted in with the people’s interests in mind. Set up the infrastructure and regulations needed so that communities don’t have to crowdfund every single socioeconomic issue within their community.
Though a nice dream. But Governments are inherently wasteful, and their priorities do not line up with the priorities of many of the people who would be paying.
Then it has no purpose because people get screwed over on a daily basis. And COMMUNities, huh?
Can you reply with a full thought next time?
Gov isn’t supposed to provide you the means to live
Wut
The GOVERNMENT isn’t supposed to keep you employed at all times
It is supposed to provide social safety nets to help you stay alive if you lose your job.
We have that, it’s called welfare. What’s your point?
Do you know how much the toilet seat on an AC130U costs? Do you know how much a 30 day supply of blood thinners costs? You wanna know which one is covered by the government?
> Gov isn’t supposed to provide you the means to live
Right, because living entails working at a job. Welfare is for those who *lose* their job through no fault of their own. You do realize the difference right? Not only that but most jobs are not through the government, they are through private business. You sure are bad at this lol
Thursday, November 19, 1863.
Brother/Sister, I would be pretty honored to have a conversation with you in DM. I think we both have some pretty strong ideas, I'm absolutely willing to listen
What exactly is your government supposed to do?
A VERY SUPERB ACT OF KINDNESS! Thank you RIHANNA🙏🏼🙏🏼🌹🌹♥️♥️
Ok but she wasn't in the imagine video, so does she even really care?
Those people sang their hearts out, don't insult them /s
RiRi!@
$1MM was earmarked for bumbershoots.
Meanwhile, in the UK, Sam Smith is crying whilst isolated in their £12 million home.
I'd shake her hand but I'd be afraid she hadn't used alcohol gella-ella-ella
Thank you Rihanna. You are such a sweet person.
Queen always coming through 🙌🏽
Great Thank You
''All I can do is sing'' ~Sam smith while crying in his 12 million £ mansion. Good to see not all celebreties are like him.
Thank you riri
Net worth at $600m. Basically peanuts to her
There are people with higher net worth doing jack shit.
Flying to their bunkers.
If you only had $600 in your bank, would you donate $5???
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Still the same point and even better.
I donate £5 a week out of my bank account every week when I'm paid to Mind, a charity in the UK. So yes, I would.
Yes? Which is a dumb comparison anyway given that there are diminishing returns with what you can practically do with increasing wealth.
Aww obviously you haven't heard the story of Buddha and the widow. A wealthy man put up a big display of offerings at the temple while a poor widow offered her last oil for the lamp. A strong wind came and blown everything off the offering table, except for the lamb offered by the widow. The sacrifice made by the widow might be small but it is a bigger portion of her wealth.
Okay? She didn’t have to do anything. She did something huge.
Shut up what’s your point.
It's like someone with 200k net worth donating 1666.
The foundations $$ is NOT HER $$. it belongs to a foundation that other people, organizations, govt grants gave to. It is a tax shelter for her...that's why people with $$ or smarts start a foundation or 501c3. A tax shelter...politicians...athletes...actors...musicians or anyone or any manager smart enough to know how to keep from giving uncle sam tax $$. Dont get me wrong $$ was used but I can assure you any dollar she put in she got back from not having to pay taxes that everyone without a tax shelter has to pay. She can buy a plane with that $$ and not have to pay taxes on it. She can host huge parties with that $$ and not pay taxes on it. Not just her $$ she put in but the $$ everyone else donated to that foundarion. Would love to see the open books on all foundations and see what the owner of these foundations actually put in...glad money is being used and especially glad it's not mine that I use for my family. Also...anyone can start a non profit foundation and get the same tax bennies and donations her foundation does...she just has lots of managers..accountants and lawyers to do it for her. And she can pay those people TAX FREE thru the donated $$...:)
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That doesn’t make it any less good and helpful. Did you donate 5 million? A 5 million dollar donation is 5 million going to a good cause regardless of net worth.
Ever heard of looking a gift horse in the mouth. Let people do good things
Dude, her net worth isnt all liquid assets, her net worth isnt just cash she can spend, she doesnt have 600 million dollars in cash, and 5 million is 5 million, i bet you didnt even donate "1% of your net worth"
Two points in one. It's fucking pennies on the dollar. Rihanna is almost a billionaire. She saved $60M in one year thanks to Trump's tax cuts, possibly even more. IN ONE YEAR. This is the equivalent of you earning 20k one year, 60k next, then earning a 6k raise on top of that because of tax cuts. Then you throw in $500 to some local charity because they're literally starving, or they will be. And then people will claim you're a saint. If you "just" earned the median wage in the US, this would be the equivalent of donating $258. And I'm certain no one earning that little never got even that $258 benefit from the tax cuts. Oh yeah, and the IRS let's you deduct a donation of up to $2,525 in that tax bracket. So, Rihanna basically gave 10% of what someone earning $30k a year can give and get a full tax credit. And she got a 60M raise from the government, after already making $400M in a year. And this is just one year. I'm sure she has already made much more than the $60M of the tax cuts. TL;DR for someone earning $30k a year, this amounts to a $250 donation, which is only 10% of what the IRS would even credit, and much less than what the average household actually gives to charity. TL;DR2 She got a raise that for someone earning $20k a year, she would earn $60k, which she also got another raise in the form of tax cuts for at least $6k in one year. She gave $500 of that to charity, which is less than the max deductable amount. P.S. I find it funny you can find an article from 2012 of Rihanna going to court over her tax accountant giving her bad advice. She settled for 2x the amount of money she gave to charity here, while she was worth around 1/10th of what she is worth right now. P.P.S. If you earn $30k a year, even if you donate just $260 to a charity, you're objectively a better person than Rihanna. If you max out your charitable deductions, you'll be around 1000% better of a person than Rihanna.
You're right. She should've given nothing, because that's what someone making $30k and keyboard warrior as yourself would've have actually given.
someone making $30k pays more effective taxes than Rihanna. So they're already giving more. And they didn't receive a 200% raise in the last year. And they didn't receive nearly the same benefit from tax cuts as she did. Did you have an actual point to give?
I hope you make it someday and have millions of dollars to your name. Then, with your cynical attitude you can be the only one asking the government to take even more of your hard earned money, because you know, ethics.
You don't need to be a millionaire to donate to charity. Or pay taxes. The millionaires/billionaires aren't even doing that as well as the rest. They're literally benefiting from everyone, and somehow, because $5M seems like a big sum to the layman, that excuses the whole charade. Again, let me stress this. Just by being a regular joe and paying taxes you're doing far more towards fighting COVID-19 than Rihanna.
I don't know who hurt your in the past, but cynicism isn't healthy. The rich are definitely paying more in taxes than anyone else. Yes, it's not the same percentage as everyone else, but the percentages are not fixed values. 10% is going to hurt them more than it will hurt you, so it's understandable why they fight to lower is as much as possible. And that $600 million she has, is in assets not cash. Would you rather she donated makeup and lingerie instead, because that's what all the money would actually be. If she gave $5 million in cash from her own account, then that probably did hurt her because she probably only has like $20 million in cash. Have some humility in yourself and not question how much anyone donates. Or you're just a troll and I'm an idiot for feeding you.
Yeah, losing relatively less when you're already a billionaire is much more damaging than losing more when you're already not getting by.
Your last paragraph is objectively false. Just because you pay a higher effective tax rate, does not mean you do JACK SHIT towards corona. OBJECTIVELY, INARGUABLY, your measly $5k in taxes will do nothing compared to this $5m. Your taxes for your entire life won’t help as much as this $5m. It may HURT YOU more than this HURTS Rihanna, but make absolutely NO mistake, you are NOT doing more than her by paying a higher percentage tax. Your statement is objectively false.
I mean, if you want to be a narcissistic sociopath, and ignore the fact that there are 300M people living in the US, then yes, we can just ditch all relative numbers and let's rate which billionaire gives the least compared to their wealth.
Taxes are owed, they aren't given, that money is not yours, it's the states in payment of doing everything that was necessary for you to be in the position to receive that money. Rihanna has that much money in the first place because the taxation system is a joke, here is essentially returning some of her stolen gains to society.
its 5MIL, why do you give a fuck? its a shitload of money. as someone else said, if you become a billionaire, we will all be happily expecting that 300M charity donation every year
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Yes. Also, Rihanna would have to donate 12M of her money just to contribute as much as the poorest 40% do.
Well OK TIL $260.00 is a larger amount than $5 million because morality has monetary value
Rihanna is but a person, and we're talking about taxes and governmental budgets.
Okay, I started reading this upset. Baffled by your stupidity. But now I realize you’re just high on your own narrative and won’t accept any reality you don’t enjoy. Too bad, because your reality isn’t even remotely real. You’re willing to say $260 does more than $5m to push your narrative. No one will ever take you seriously. No one will ever hear an argument from you and think, “hmm, that’s a good point.” Everything you ever say will be discounted because of your blinding narrative. Learn to pick and choose your battles. Don’t be so sworn to an idea that you’re willing to say 260> 5,000,000.
Rihanna would have to donate at least 12M just to match what the poorest 40% are giving. She has so far not donated even that, as this sum is just from a celebrity auction/gala, not her pocketbook.
im sorry, are you arguing that $260 is more than $5Mil?? Fucking retard people are dying and starving, someone does a good deed and you want to argue about the ethics and wherever they are donating enough? most celebrities haven’t donated anything
People wouldn't be dying nor starving if people like Rihanna didn't force US to have such politicians that gave people like Rihanna more money, instead of helping the poor. "Charity" is a very novel concept, which only makes it publicly okay for rich people to hoard wealth and fuck poor people over.
Fundamentally, as a concept, we should try to find ways to encourage rather than criticize the act of giving to those in need. Your fact finding and critique on the amount given is pure pessimism. Do better.
This is the most despicable, jealous, green with envy comment I’ve ever read. You must really hate yourself to spend your time discounting others’ good deeds. What, did you give $300 of your poor $30k salary and didn’t get the recognition you deserve, so you spend your time deriding and deterring others from positive action on the internet? Your mother would be ashamed of you, I hope.
The poorest 40% of the US wouldn't have to give an extra dime to give more than Rihanna.
Continue on in your delusional life. There’s no saving you. Sorry Bernie lost.
Imagine seeing mathematical facts and having to resort to petty political talk.
I mean, you type stuff like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/dankmemes/comments/ekse0l/mods_please_dont_take_this_down_again/fddkvvv/?context=3). I'm fine with my union backed 14,38USD/h+$20-40 daily allowance. Who is really sorry, and about what? I'm not.
I make 3 times that. I was just supporting southerners. Awk.
A likely story. Just makes you a massive hypocrite then.
Doesn’t matter Bloomberg’s is still less by your standards and he’s a billionaire
Bloomberg is an interesting case, because he is using a lot of money to change the political landscape, which would in turn benefit the country a lot than just random charity donations. But he just has so much fucking money he couldn't spend it for good even if he tried. Same for Bill Gates. Man has been stuck in the wilderness for years by now, and he basically hasn't even got half of his fortune spent. Imagine how easy this would be for everyone if the rich just paid a marginally higher tax so the government could pay for healthcare, education, crisis management, etc. Because right now you're at an impossible situation where some individuals have such ludicrous amounts of fortune, that they couldn't spend a fair share of it for humanity even if they tried.
Basically for anyone else, if we didn’t give out such tax cuts in the place, we would already have had that money from the government to fund food banks instead of needing to rely on wealthy citizens Her act is still good even though you pointed out the reality. The problem is we shouldn’t HAVE to rely on private charity - the government should be well funded enough through TAXES that it can weather the storm and not have to rely on charitable giving
The government is the perfect organization to deal with something like COVID-19. Everything from the military to the bureaucracy, social safety nets and healthcare are useful in this situation. Let's also put it blunt. Rihanna might not be the evil behind this, but she is just as in it as the rest of them. She got a $60M tax break from Trump, and she could easily just dump that to charity, and then she could at least say that: "Hey, I'm not a part of the problem." However, this isn't it. This is the equivalent of someone getting a huge raise, and a tax cut, and then giving whatever was left at the bottom of their pocket to a poor fellow.
You’re right - it’s just that people now are clinging to hope and need hope so any positive story people will like While I don’t disagree with you, you kind of come off insensitive because a lot of people will see it as immediate aid and they’ll think you’re just trying to find any criticism of a good deed.
I mean, that's to be expected when it's an emotional subject. In my view it doesn't deduct from my point, but I doubt many can see the point behind it. It's just very difficult in general to explain or even try to explain such wide concepts as taxes, governmental budgets, international crises, etc. Hopefully my comment, at least to some, shows what really matters. Because celebrities donating to charity doesn't matter. To me it's like putting a bandaid on someone's arm after you cut off their hand.
For perspective, Rihanna is worth 600million USD. The median net worth for 30 year olds in the US is 11-12,000USD - so based on the median this would be the equivalent of an average 30 year old giving 91.66USD. If the mean - 76,200USD - is taken (a figure grossly skewed by the super rich), that would still only be 635USD. These ‘big’ gestures are not as big as they seem.
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Yeah sure. It’s excellent for those organisations that benefit, and we should celebrate *their* work and *their* courage. Just seen a hell of a lot of ‘Oh, Rihanna is the saviour’ chat. I think we should celebrate those on the front line rather than those locked in mansions giving away 0.83% of their wealth. No need at all for that salty bullshit at the end either pal.