not_woody_shaw@lemmy.worldtoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL: Nearly 77% of the Forbes 400 Have Given 5% or Less of their Net Worth to CharityEnglish
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6 hours agoCharity is up to the whim of an individual, whereas welfare is more like what society as a whole agreed is the right thing to do.
The problem is 100% of what. There are so many paper tricks to make a billionaires income add up to zero.
“100% of all assets and income over a billion” might work, but you still have the problem of whose opinion do you take on the value of an asset.