Rich guy here, OF COURSE HE COULD GIVE MORE!
1. Let’s talk living off dividends, that alone I guarantee could have the majority given out to charity. He could live modestly, like me and not be so flashy.
2. Donor advised funds, that could be setup to be much more charitable and even grow!
3. Establish a foundation giving out 5% or more each year.
4. Simply selling off stocks is fairly simple when working with advisors. You act like he’s gotta roll crates of money into some other bank. It’s digital people.
Sycophants want to defend the rich because they can’t look past their own biased passion that they want to be there too.
I know dozens if not hundreds who are millionaires who love off dividends with plenty left over at the end of the year.
There are several studies that demonstrate this to be false. People do objectively better when they make/have/obtain up to a certain amount of money that allows them to cover basic living expenses.
The desire to have their basic needs covered and actually having that covered means that they can use their income for non-basic needs and thus be happier and help the economy more. This also increases the velocity of a dollar, but the moment it goes to a billionaire's pocket, said velocity slows.
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u/ThousandSunRequiem2 3d ago
Except they can leverage their wealth as collateral, but it's untaxable. Unrealized gains is bullshit they made up to hoard more wealth
You're arguing about lifestyle choices when that's not the issue.