Tbf if the government told me that I only have to pay my taxes if I were in the mood then I might not do it either. We need to hold lawmakers accountable to put the hammer on these companies and hyper-rich individuals.
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Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change
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Let me know if this is a serious take and I will legitimately spend the time to provide you data that you're wrong.
When you frame it like that, it sounds even more impressive. Most folks can't even be bothered to commit $100 in a year to good causes.
If you believe this logic then tax reform will never ever be justified.
Don't like the man but that's a big sum of money that could help to make the world a better place.
Hoping it will inspire other people too.
Hoping it will inspire other people too.
Good guy billionares. What is 10 billion dollars to billions every year going forward in a goverment that wasnt paid off by dirty energy?
Man makes a fortune exploiting the financial institutions.
Man makes a fortune off of the backs of horrid employee conditions.
Man makes a fortune off of environmentally unsustainable and pernicious policies.
Man decides to earn good will by starting a project and promising to invest less than a tenth of his present net worth
People decide that he is now a hero
Reminds me a bit of the Purdue Pharmaceuticals story.
Man makes a fortune off of the backs of horrid employee conditions.
Man makes a fortune off of environmentally unsustainable and pernicious policies.
Man decides to earn good will by starting a project and promising to invest less than a tenth of his present net worth
People decide that he is now a hero
Reminds me a bit of the Purdue Pharmaceuticals story.
Yes, all of ERA literally wants to kill Bezos you genius. Quick, link your mind back to the hive!
(people criticizing his work policies, his wealth hoarding despite not really working harder than most and his avoidance of tax payments does not equate killing. Don't worry about poor old Bezos, he is going to be just fine)
Can't be bothered or can't afford to because certain people are hoarding the wealth?
A non negligeable but totally reasonnable amount.
That's greeeeat, but how about... Fuck you.
Are you going to put money into increasing the taxes you and your fellow human exploiters? Are you going to push politically for wealth redistribution (such as paying a living wage)? Are you going to actively put money into politicians who want to change for the better, both economically and environmentally?
Take your "good effort" and shove it up your asshole, buddy.
Are you going to put money into increasing the taxes you and your fellow human exploiters? Are you going to push politically for wealth redistribution (such as paying a living wage)? Are you going to actively put money into politicians who want to change for the better, both economically and environmentally?
Take your "good effort" and shove it up your asshole, buddy.
Well they don't have another 100+ billion to fall back on so...
i'm sure you would have good intentions but the jury is still out on bezos
The real issue is that both of you should't have the option
or he just says Fuck it, do nothing, and keep his money and people will still use amazon.
For less than half of that money he could become president and make America a leader on climate.
Spent the time.
Quite literally 2 comments advocating that, and they were banned. The rest of the commenters wondering what the fuck is wrong with them.
Lets stop the over exaggeration, ok?
That is only a small percentage of his wealth guys. Its not hurting him in the least. It would be more prudent of him to lobby the goverment to have all billionares and millionares and corporations taxed to pay for programs fighting climate change for years to come
Because its a deflection in service of people in power.
Tax reform?
No! Government bad! Private charity good!
It was only a matter of time before billionaires realized that their vast wealth is going to be absolutely useless when the planet burns to a crisp
its also a drop in the bucket compared to what we actually need to do. its not really doing much or efficient use of resources
This is neat, but let's figure out where this money's actually going. "Issuing grants" doesn't tell me a lot.
He could. I am just putting into perspective that breaking something and then publicly promising to fix it does not does render one a saviour.
If he and Amazon paid taxes all this theater wouldn't be necessary.
This is all to fuel his ego.
This is all to fuel his ego.
Post doesn't say anything about that 10 billion being used in a year, just that it's "the start."
It's still fuck Bezos if he doesn't push for larger political change, but holy shit that is a lot of money if he actually does this
except he can spend this at his leisure and only once. we need people taxed like this on a consistent basis, and not just him, but his entire class and people under him to make a difference
lol, you think the government is going to make any effort at all with that amount of money toward anything meaningful to combat climate change?
the start and what he's willing to give in general isnt enough
Yes, that is what we are currently trying to do. We're fighting against a society controlled by oligarchs.
I still find the topic of pluralism interesting. It's clear democracy cannot do certain things, certainly anything expedient or sustain a focus, but it's also clear that relying on the whims of what essentially amount to monarchs is not very equitable. A system that includes a bit of both may actually be a better system, primarily because it leverages the inequality already at play. Realistically a Chinese-like eco-authoritarian state is probably the other alternative.
Always remember that this will be funded by the literal sweat, blood, piss and shit of the workers in Amazon's warehouses.
Some time in the future.
At Amazon we committed 10 billion dollars to ending global warming. That 10 billion was well spent, we were able to determine that by eliminating bathroom breaks for our employees we could save water, that means more water for everyone. You're welcome.
At Amazon we committed 10 billion dollars to ending global warming. That 10 billion was well spent, we were able to determine that by eliminating bathroom breaks for our employees we could save water, that means more water for everyone. You're welcome.