Hey everyone,
I just remembered this post today, because i'm quite angry at the moment....i know that God said to be slow to anger and to not go to sleep while still being angry
But this really bugs me....
Rich people.....famous rich people....
They have SO much money!! And the can change the world if they spent it on others!
I know i may start sounding like a hypocrite (because I do live in relative luxury but let me continue)
I don't have a million dollars, not even close to that, let alone a billion dollars
I can accept that people are greedy, people are selfish and uncaring (i myself am guilty of this)
But HOW CAN YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT knowing that you have a few millions dollars to spare that would SAVE thousands upon thousands of lives!!
Oprah. She has over 1.5 BILLION dollars. She only donates a few million dollars each year....that is not even 1% of her total wealth, not even 0.1....it's 0.06%
SHE accepted DONATIONS to her foundation....she ammased over 80 million dollars from the general public (who were more generous than her, percentage wise) in the last 15 years.
How can you do that??
If she just gave 50% of her wealth she could feed a whole nation!
George Harrison. He preached against the Material world, claimed to be spiritually enlightened and critisizzed the Pope and Catholism many times.
He did this while massing up over 200 million dollars, and living in his mansion at Friar Park.
He couldn't even dip into his own pocket deep enough to help Bangladesh in the 1970s, instead held a concert so the public would pay.
And again, he has his 'George Harrison Foundation'....now why on Earth do you need a foundation? Why do you need the public to make donations when you can just pay it yourself! You have hundreds of millions of dollars!
Oh and I heard that in 2007, the George Harrison foundation donated $450,000....wooopie doo. That considering that there's still 200 MILLION just sitting in the bank
WHAT IS THE POINT OF RICH PEOPLE HAVING FOUNDATIONS!
ONLY poor people should have foundations, rich people should become poor!
Mcdonalds. They have little donation boxes at every counter, they are so cheap that they even want thier customers to support thier charities. Common, McDonalds are worth 24 Billion dollars, they don't care, they want to 'look good' but not spend thier own money!!
John Lennon sang in his song "imagine a world with no religion"
I say to him imagine a world where rich people like him would walk the walk and not just talk the talk!
Coz money counts as 'possesions'
I need to clarify, that it is a good thing that money is being donated to charity....rich people do donate a large sum of money, but percentage wise....poor people donate more percentage wise and rich people should step up!
I have respect for Bill Gates saying that he aims to give away 99% of his money....go for it Bill!
My ams are getting tired, im just really angry.
Sorry to anyone i offended