• frazw@lemmy.world
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      18 days ago

      What I mean is that if I ever amassed 1 billion, I would spend everything over the billion on social projects, dog shelters, medical research that is considered by for profits to be unprofitable. I would never have more than 1 billion as I would use the interest to fund things that would help as many people and animals as possible. If billionaires voluntarily did such things I would mind them less. Instead I support 100% tax on anything over 1 billion. As for the burning question do any of these billionaires contribute as much as they are rewarded? Hell no

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        18 days ago

        If I had a billion dollars, I would start a foundation with a $100 million endowment invested in mutual funds that exclusively support certified B corporations with high ESG scores. Expecting about a 5% APY, that endowment would accrue interest at about $5 million annually.

        That’s enough for potentially up to 50 six-figure salaries. I would hire experts, scholars, activists, and advocates through the foundation and pay them to make the world a better place. I’d have a hand in writing the overall policies and guiding values, to make sure they prioritize the causes I believe are important. And I’d hire someone to audit their performance and send me reports.

        I’d spend my life fucking off with more money than I’d ever need, because my $900 million remaining would still be accruing ungodly amounts of annual interest.

        And every few years when my wealth surpasses a billion again, I’d take another $100 million and start a new foundation with a slightly different focus, or I’d put it into the endowment of the existing foundation and have them grow as an organization.

        I would never let the sun set on a billion dollars. Because nobody needs a billion dollars.

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        18 days ago

        To be clear. I don’t support the existence of billionaires, but I might be more forgiving if the contributed to society in big ways. Instead their only interest seems to be getting richer.

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          18 days ago

          I wouldn’t trust one person to unilaterally decide which ways was best for them to contribute their stolen money back to society.

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            18 days ago

            Maybe not, but that is democracy. We all choose one person to trust to make decisions for us.

            Also unfairness and theft are not the same thing.