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> $300,000 is a sizable donation According to Forbes' estimates, Thiel is worth about $2.8 billion. Donating $300,000 for him is proportional to giving maybe $

> $300,000 is a sizable donation According to Forbes' estimates, Thiel is worth about $2.8 billion. Donating $300,000 for him is proportional to giving maybe $30 for a normal upper-middle class person.

tryingagainbro 9y ago
Sure, sure. If Bill Gates gave $1 mil ist's nothing to him but what is it to ME? The average person would probably be tempted to murder someone in exchange for that
- ForHackernews 9y ago
  Sure. It highlights the corrupting influence wealthy people have over politics. I'm just saying, Thiel giving a small (for him) donation to some random AG doesn't necessarily mean he's particularly interested in that race. I would guess he has given equal or larger donations to many other politicians and political action committees.
  - tryingagainbro 9y ago
    >> I'm just saying, Thiel giving a small (for him) donation to some random AG doesn't necessarily mean he's particularly interested in that race. I agree, especially since he gave the same amount to every State AG in the country. He did, right?
    - ForHackernews 9y ago
      Do you have a list of Thiel's political donations? I'm genuinely curious.
      - tryingagainbro 9y ago
        I am willing to bet that he didn't give to all AGs in USA at least the same amount...
  - trhway 9y ago
    >I'm just saying, Thiel giving a small (for him) donation to some random AG doesn't necessarily mean he's particularly interested in that race. he gave all what he could - sounds different from "gave a small (for him) donation" :)
flexie 9y ago
The important question is what $300,000 is to the attorney general. For 99 percent of us it's more than we could hope to save up in many years.
- ForHackernews 9y ago
  > For 99 percent of us it's more than we could hope to save up in many years. This is true. It's also true that it's an utterly trivial amount of money to somebody like Peter Thiel.
  - Jyaif 9y ago
    trueness != relevance

tryingagainbro 9y ago

Sure, sure. If Bill Gates gave $1 mil ist's nothing to him but what is it to ME? The average person would probably be tempted to murder someone in exchange for that

ForHackernews 9y ago
Sure. It highlights the corrupting influence wealthy people have over politics. I'm just saying, Thiel giving a small (for him) donation to some random AG doesn't necessarily mean he's particularly interested in that race. I would guess he has given equal or larger donations to many other politicians and political action committees.
- tryingagainbro 9y ago
  >> I'm just saying, Thiel giving a small (for him) donation to some random AG doesn't necessarily mean he's particularly interested in that race. I agree, especially since he gave the same amount to every State AG in the country. He did, right?
  - ForHackernews 9y ago
    Do you have a list of Thiel's political donations? I'm genuinely curious.
    - tryingagainbro 9y ago
      I am willing to bet that he didn't give to all AGs in USA at least the same amount...
- trhway 9y ago
  >I'm just saying, Thiel giving a small (for him) donation to some random AG doesn't necessarily mean he's particularly interested in that race. he gave all what he could - sounds different from "gave a small (for him) donation" :)

flexie 9y ago

The important question is what $300,000 is to the attorney general. For 99 percent of us it's more than we could hope to save up in many years.

ForHackernews 9y ago
> For 99 percent of us it's more than we could hope to save up in many years. This is true. It's also true that it's an utterly trivial amount of money to somebody like Peter Thiel.
- Jyaif 9y ago
  trueness != relevance