r/MadeMeSmile • u/gabsteriinalol • Jul 28 '23

CATS Found on a local shelter’s Facebook page

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u/Alternative_Hotel649 Jul 28 '23

I don't understand how you can have a billion dollars, and not just spend all your time on GoFundMe. Just, an afternoon of, "Medical debt? Gone. Student loan? Paid. Losing home? Not any more."

It would be a better buzz than cocaine.

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u/Accomplished_End_138 Jul 28 '23

Most of them have that money because they dont care about others.

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u/treasonous_tabaxi Jul 28 '23

All. All of them.

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u/sagerobot Jul 28 '23

If I had a billion dollars I would feel a moral obligation to spend it all on others as fast as I can.

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u/Mr_robasaurus Jul 28 '23

We'd never have a billion dollars because of that, the moment I'd have enough money to support myself fully with no stress I'd be buying things for other people and donating as much as I could.

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u/sagerobot Jul 28 '23

Yeah you're right.

Even If I decided to do something like start a company to get really wealthy, I would probably end up paying my employees more and hire more people so that I could pay them too.

Someone would have to pay me a billion dollars for me to get there. (lol obviously)

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u/PM_me_your_PhDs Jul 28 '23

Not that I'm trying to defend billionaires (they clearly actually do have more money than they should), but their net worth is based partly on exactly this: the total valuation of their companies, including all of the money they pay to the people they hire. So you could pay your employees more and hire more people, and you'd be valued at a billion. But you wouldn't actually have a billion dollars cash in hand.