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Remember when Elon tweeted out that he would spend his potential $6bn tax write-off to save world hunger if only someone would give him a plan, then the UN sent
by teamonkey 3y ago
Remember when Elon tweeted out that he would spend his potential $6bn tax write-off to save world hunger if only someone would give him a plan, then the UN sent him a plan that would save 42 million people from food poverty, then instead of doing that he donated it to his own foundation instead?
https://truthout.org/articles/musk-pledged-6b-to-solve-world-hunger-but-gave-it-to-his-own-foundation-instead/ https://truthout.org/articles/musk-pledged-6b-to-solve-world...
- zx8080 3y agoDoes it mean that he has no trust in the UN? It does not matter much here, but most probably he's not the only one.
- magicalhippo 3y agoHe asked for a plan to solve world hunger. The plan he got[1] was a band-aid at best. WFP even highlight it in bold themselves: > US$6.6 billion is needed to avert catastrophe. So yeah, not a plan to solve world hunger... Which goes to say, the problem is much greater than what some pocket money[2] can solve. [1]: https://www.wfp.org/stories/wfps-plan-support-42-million-people-brink-famine https://www.wfp.org/stories/wfps-plan-support-42-million-peo... [2]: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/012715/5-richest-people-world.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/012715/5-ric...