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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Also note that those “charities” are just slush funds for their friends and is just a tool to reduce their tax liability. They need to remove remove the tax write off for charitable donations and just give more money to social programs.

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

This post is about Mackenzie Scott. No, that's not at all what the charities she's donating to are.

[–] Hobo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

How can you tell? Genuinely curious. Aren't those numbers fairly opaque? Or is there a way to tell what a specific person donated to?

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I think in general most people have a more favourable view of her giving because she's pledged to give away the bulk of her wealth during her lifetime and a lot of her pledges are unrestricted donations: https://yieldgiving.com/gifts?essay=20200728 ... I don't think she's one of those that's using her wealth to consolidate more wealth and make things worse for others.

Not to you, but I want to be clear about this before I get flamed. I'm not saying that is a replacement for a proper tax system or an equitable system in general. This should not exist at all. However, I do find that if you're rich that you should be doing philanthropy.

[–] TrippingBalls@lemmy.world 3 points 19 minutes ago

Yes very unusual because normally they come with explicit instructions on how the money can be used

She has already donated more than Bezos has in his whole entire miserable scrooge life

[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Google her. She's awesome and worth reading about.

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