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The rich are keeping that money in their own circles, thus only funding the things they themselves care about. They are big time tax dodgers, because they don't
by KozmoNau7 9y ago
The rich are keeping that money in their own circles, thus only funding the things they themselves care about. They are big time tax dodgers, because they don't want to accidentally fund something that benefits the poor.
- ekianjo 9y ago> they don't want to accidentally fund something that benefits the poor. Welfare policies have been shown at multiple times to actually harm the poor in the long run, not benefit them. There are entire books written on that topic. Check out Losing Ground: American Social Policy, 1950-1980 from Charles Murray.
- kiliantics 9y agoFuck Charles Murray
- KozmoNau7 9y agoBecause poor people have it so much worse in the Nordic countries compared to the US, right? There are also entire books written about Bigfoot and the flat Earth theory.
- paulryanrogers 9y agoIs it really consciously avoiding benefiting the poor or just that they think they know better? Gates and Zuckerberg have both given large amounts intending to benefit the poor.
- KozmoNau7 9y agoThey are definitely outliers. There have been tests done which show an inverse correlation between the cost of a person's car and how likely they are to stop for pedestrians waiting at marked crossings. Just as an informal example. It is also extremely telling that the people who litter the most are young and rich. Rich people overwhelmingly care a lot less about people they consider to be beneath them.