• somethingsnappy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Melinda convinced Bill to start the BMGF foundation about 23 years ago. They put up what I think was half of their net worth, or $30,000,000,000 (30 billion dollars). Buffet promised to match every yearly expenditure, so roughly another $30 billion. They intend to spend it all down by the time the last trustees dies (probably Melinda). That is like the Rockefeller foundation (still around because compound interest) spent all of the money on charity before he died.

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      1 year ago

      Lol, see my reply bellow, and well done on contributing to the billionaires’ PR. 👏
      They’re still multi-hundred billionaires, and you’re still closer to being homeless then you are to being a millionaire, but at least you got to enjoy the taste of boot for a minute.

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        1 year ago

        What a take. I would hardly describe that persons comment as bootlicking. Like sure they absolutely should not be able to amass such a fortune and think they can play Odin my redistribution in a way they see fit, but come on. Perhaps you could go ‘bellow’ your nonsense elsewhere.