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Jeff Bezos gives a pitiful amount of his $160B fortune to charity
New York Post ^ | 1/26/2019 | Isabel Vincent

Posted on 01/27/2019 12:39:23 PM PST by Beave Meister

For the world’s richest man, charity begins — and stays — at home.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos has given only a tiny fraction of his $160 billion fortune to philanthropic causes, falling far behind fellow billionaires such as Bill and Melinda Gates and former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, public records show.

Although Bezos, 55, and his estranged wife MacKenzie recently pledged $2 billion to a new charitable initiative, their previous giving amounts to a total of just over $145 million or .0906 percent — far less than one percent — of their net worth. Out of $100,000, that would be like spending $90.06 on charity.

“The record of both Amazon and Jeff Bezos reveals that they are takers, not givers,” said Queens City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, whose district includes Long Island City, where Amazon plans to set up a corporate headquarters. “When they make promises of how generous they will be, I look at what they have done in the past to know what the truth really is.”

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To: Beave Meister

So what? Is anyone obligated to give to charitable causes? It’s his money and although I despise liberals it’s nobody’s business except his what he spends it on.


21 posted on 01/27/2019 1:22:54 PM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: dfwgator

He’s lobbying for that $15 an hour wage so he can hamstring hos competition while he invests in selfpay/automation.


22 posted on 01/27/2019 1:27:41 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: Beave Meister
The proper comparison is not with his net worth but with his annual income. The Lord asks only for a tithe of your income, not a tithe of your net worth.
23 posted on 01/27/2019 1:30:31 PM PST by JoeFromSidney (Colonel (Retired) USAF)
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To: All

I hate Bezos with a passion. He is the reason I quit patronizing Amazon.

But I don’t blame him a bit for not donating to charities. Most are scams which benefit their founders and executives much more than they do the supposed recipients of their largesse.

And Bezos DOES support leftist causes, just as much as Soros and Steyer do. He just doesn’t directly write checks. His donations are ‘in kind’: He runs the Washington Post completely as a propaganda organ for the left, at no charge.
His propaganda is worth billions to the left, every year.


24 posted on 01/27/2019 1:33:16 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: Beave Meister

But he loves giving other people’s money away, so he can still feel good about himself.


25 posted on 01/27/2019 1:34:00 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Beave Meister
their previous giving amounts to a total of just over $145 million

They gave $145 million and people (you) are calling him out on that? I will assume that YOUR charitable giving has FAR surpassed this staggering amount. You are truly magnanimous.
26 posted on 01/27/2019 1:36:58 PM PST by LanaTurnerOverdrive ("I've done things in my life I'm not proud of. And the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
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To: Beave Meister

How much does “and his estranged wife MacKenzie,” cost?

5.56mm


27 posted on 01/27/2019 1:39:09 PM PST by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: JoeFromSidney

Years ago I was talking to an elderly woman that spoke about the pastor wanting everyone to give more. She said she put in $1 a week. I made a quick judgement that she was being cheap.

Then she went through what she got from Social Security and her minimal savings account compared to her bills. By the time she was done I thought her $1 was pretty generous. (Of course it is supposed to be before all of our expenses, but still...)

On the other hand, our pastor will say he has had numerous people say to him about tithing “Well sure pastor, that probably is good for most people. But 10% of my $600,000 salary is a lot of money!”


28 posted on 01/27/2019 1:43:05 PM PST by 21twelve (!)
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To: Theoria
Overall, Bezos has helped to employ tens of thousands of Amercians.

And unemploy hundreds of thousands of others.

His online sales company has put thousands of brick and mortar local stores out of business. Those stores employed real people.

His offer of “Free Shipping” is a scam that cost real delivery people real money. Nothing is free.

But what choice do these people have they can’t compete with the behemoth that is Amazon. I won’t buy from them. If it cost me more so be it. I’ll pay it.

I’d rather hold a real book anyway and buy it from a local book store.

I know I will most like likely lose in the end because you can’t fight progress and people are in the end lazy and will take the path of least resistance but I will not surrender my principles easily.

29 posted on 01/27/2019 1:48:59 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Leep

Really? He owns Washington Post.


30 posted on 01/27/2019 1:50:00 PM PST by antidemoncrat
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To: Pontiac

I understand what you’re saying, but if Bezos didn’t do it, somebody else would have.


31 posted on 01/27/2019 1:52:06 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: antidemoncrat

Well there is that.


32 posted on 01/27/2019 1:53:08 PM PST by Leep (It's.. (W)all or nothing..!)
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To: LegendHasIt

I hate AMZ, though I was one of their earliest customers when Bezos sold only books. When my local bookstore closed a few years ago, I realized I had helped drive them out of business. No more stuff from Amazon.

McKenzie Bezos, who helped start the company, is several inches taller then Jeff....soooo...MACKENZIE IS THE AMAZON.

Should be worth several billion extra in the divorce that splits the fortune in WA, a community property state.


33 posted on 01/27/2019 1:54:11 PM PST by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: Veto!

Use Alibris it is a worldwide consortioum of used book stores and sellers.


34 posted on 01/27/2019 1:55:37 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Chickensoup

Thanks, I do shop at Alibris when I can’t find books I want at library or my local used bookstore, so close I can walk over.


35 posted on 01/27/2019 1:59:23 PM PST by Veto! (Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me))
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To: Beave Meister

why would they be expected to give a percentage of their net worth instead of a percentage of their earned income?


36 posted on 01/27/2019 2:01:19 PM PST by Chickensoup (Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: Beave Meister

We are not financing this greedy SOB. Our New Year’s resolution was to quit buying from Amazon. We are saving a lot of money by eliminating all the impulse buying we were doing on that site.


37 posted on 01/27/2019 2:02:38 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: Beave Meister

lets remember that there are no really rich people that give away their money unless there is a strong incentive.....like crashing campaigns, or getting a fat tax deduction....


38 posted on 01/27/2019 2:05:43 PM PST by cherry
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To: dfwgator; Theoria
Overall, Bezos has helped to employ tens of thousands of Amercians.

I understand what you’re saying, but if Bezos didn’t do it, somebody else would have.

And so my comment on progress.

But as to the comment of putting 10s of thousands of Americans to work, Bezos bought a company that make robots so that he could employ fewer workers.

His ultimate goal is to only have maintenance employees and few people to monitor the robots at his distribution centers.

Other than customers, Bezos cares nothing for people.

39 posted on 01/27/2019 2:08:11 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: Pontiac
Other than customers, Bezos cares nothing for people.

Stockholders are people, too.

40 posted on 01/27/2019 2:09:51 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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