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From Ben Franklin, a Gift That's Worth Two Fights (1990)
- asd 4y agohttp://archive.today/WUpON http://archive.today/WUpON
- DontchaKnowit 4y agoThey should invest it. Hilarious how rabid they are to spend it, in contrast with Franklin himself.
- Maursault 4y agoNorway has the world's largest sovereign wealth fund, worth $1T. The US doesn't have one. Franklin would approve of using it to seed one.
- josh_fyi 4y agoInvesting it means not using it. Plausibly, boosting economic progress by training people produces much greater long-term benefits than putting the money away.
- Tao3300 4y agoA penny saved is a penny saved is a penny saved is a penny saved is a penny saved is a... Sooner or later you have to do something with the damned penny!
- euroderf 4y agoFranklin liked his beer. I say spend it on UBI (Universal Basic Inebriation).
- BarbaryCoast 4y agoThey pay-walled a news article from 1990. That's one way to ensure history never remembers us.