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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThinking of Joel Olstean I watched Dr. Phil today and he gave a plug for the Red Cross
and said that he and his wife were donating $25,000
He is worth 400 million
$25,000 is .0000625 of 400 million
So I took my income, (and yeah you can figure it out from this calculation but I don't care) and multiplied by .000625
I got $2.40
2 dollars and fucking 40 cents is what this guy gave comparatively.
The filthy rich have a mental disease
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)dflprincess
(28,076 posts)I gave the to the Houston area United Way, it does have a separate fund for hurricane recovery. I figured the agencies it supports will be dealing with the aftermath long after the Red Cross and others have gone home.
Laffy Kat
(16,378 posts)And the CEO earns around $500K per year.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)I think it was on the CBS Morning news show:
Donations go into a general fund,
rather than one specific to a cause,
such as hurricane Harvey.
MLAA
(17,289 posts)hfojvt
(37,573 posts)since you used his net worth.
I was thinking of donating $30 which is admittedly only about 0.0002 of my net worth. Now I think I will hold off on that, not sure I can trust the charity,
Maraya1969
(22,480 posts)could guestimate.
world wide wally
(21,743 posts)we think about how much we will have left after we spend. Our expectations are much lower.
maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Won't presume to make any recommendations , but everyone should take some time with all the internet information available, to check out what charities are worth the contributions. Years ago I did phone solicitations for several well-known charities through one of the telemarketing services, and immediately learned how much of the contributions were lost : charities taking the easy way to raise money. "United Fund" type organizations also take a lot of your contribution. As to the worth of celebrity contributions: sad the economic disparity today makes paltry celebrity contributions sound impressive to the average person, who is probably giving a greater percentage of their income.
Mike Nelson
(9,955 posts)...give up the cost of a Macaroni and Cheese dinner to help others... Dr. Phil and hid wife can write off their $25,000 and have and extra piece of pie after their dinner. Still, the public thinks Dr. Phil must be a wonderful man to donate all that money.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)They are the Trump of charity