The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
The Chan-Zuckerbergs stopped funding social causes. 400 kids lost their school.
Priscilla Chan’s decision to stop funding the school she opened to help struggling families shows the risks for communities reliant on wealthy private donors.
This is why as much as I appreciate the philanthropy of the ultra wealthy, it's NOT a substitute for taxation
Philanthropy is pure BS, if you have millions to give to something that needs funding, then you have millions you could pay in taxes.
and charitable donations being tax deductible? it's basically letting billionaires dictate tax policies.
Beyond just deciding when they want to stop at any time they dictate what’s worth the money.
Can you imagine being able to say “nah, I won’t pay this tax because it’s not for something im passionate about”
Libertarian types tell you all the time that this is what philanthropy is for.
No. No this is not what philanthropy is for, because the philanthropist can pull the plug anytime they want.
And charities can decide who to help. That's probably the worst of it, and what makes libertarianism a thinly-veiled disguise for racism, or at the very least a caste system.
What a disgusting pair of people.
Wait: Are we sure they're actually people?
Given the incalculable harm they cause to three entire human civilisation to feed their greed and god complex. one could argue that they should not be treated as people, and be considered a god parasite.