No, I don’t think he is crazy. I suspect you’re pessimistic.
A wealthy rancher here in the Pacific NW did something similar but under different circumstances.
He was giving a brief to incoming a high school freshmen class and it occurred to him how encouraging it would be if he offered to pay the college tuition, fees, and book costs for all these first year boys and girls. So, he did.
Most of them graduated four years later with grades eligible for college. A few even had scholarships and didn’t need his financial gift.
But it made a huge difference in many of the youngster’s lives. It should be interesting to see what happens in this case with Dr. Ho.
Incidentally, my father went to USC on the GI Bill. He was the only person in his family to ever get a college degree; one of his grandfathers was a coal miner, and the other had been a cavalry soldier. He graduated, became a mechanical and nuclear engineer and retired a company vice president from an electrical utility. That education made all the difference in his life.
No doubt a few Conservatives have benefited from random forgiveness.
I agree that this is an incredibly Christian gesture. Idealistic maybe, but nobly motivated.
I would endorse it with one proviso: the money will be there for you, provided you come forward, confess your crime to the authorities, and accept the consequences. You don’t get rewarded for being a criminal, at least not until you’ve paid society back. Prove to me that you’re at least that responsible and I’ll pony up for your education.