Wait until they hear about what Bill Gates does these days.
Musk’s $5.7B Mystery Gift Went to His Own Charity
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#13Always the grifter.
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Do it yourself.
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#15What a big "gift". It is obvious he need ways to avoid paying taxes after selling so many shares of Tesla.
Once the banks behind the Twitter acquisition want their money back, the tax problem will go away...
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#16A tax avoidance scheme which also placated a twitter argument about his contributions. Unsurprising.
And can’t be clawed back in bankruptcy. Great way to preserve wealth
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#17If I had money to donate I'd donate it to the charity I thought would be most effective at helping the cause I cared most about. If I had enough money to create my own charity it would be focused on the cause I cared most about. My giant ego and hubris would make it hard for me to come to the conclusion that a charity I created wasn't the most effective at its goals, even if that didn't happen to be the case.
This, I mean why created anything than the charity with most value in your personal view. This just signals he has faith in his own charity.
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#18Wait until they hear about what Bill Gates does these days.
It's strange that the more Bill Gates donates, the richer he gets-
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#19Wait until they hear about what Bill Gates does these days.
The secret Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ... I have been doing some digging (citizen journalism) and you will never believe who is behind it ...
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#20Tax optimizations.
I have no problems with this, legit things can be done under charitable umbrella, and we should be thankful for the donations.
(Massive paintings of oneself on oil canvas notwithstanding ... ahem ... Mr. 'President')
But it's the insufferable populist hypocrisy of it all!
Please let's just talk and report about it for what it is. The press might even want to use the term 'NGO' where applicable, irrespective of the PR spin of the non-profit 'charity'.