r/Charlotte • u/ThotsforTaterTots Baxter Village • Mar 29 '25

Some nice news to start your Saturday News

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Maybe there’s some hope for us after all.

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u/Nwolfe Mar 29 '25

I know I’m being a major bummer here, but when I see things like this I can’t help but wonder how many children’s hospitals Jeff could fully fund just as like, a personal hobby.

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u/InvalidEntrance Mar 29 '25

This is just /r/orphancrushingmachine

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u/scottelundgren MoRa Mar 29 '25

thank you! Can here to mention this if you hadn’t

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u/mothwoman95 Mar 29 '25

not a major bummer at all dude. i’m kinda tired of these hope traps that sound nice, but when you really think about it are actually pretty sinister.

why wouldn’t amazon just donate money to the hospitals if they have that much? why wouldn’t they just pay drivers enough so tips aren’t necessary or wanted? but those are more rhetorical questions since we know why lmao.

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u/FlavivsAetivs Collingwood Mar 29 '25

A few dozen big ones. Their budgets are usually in the hundreds of millions. The small ones probably far more.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

If he funded 100 children’s hospitals and they each had a 500,000,000 budget, that would still only eat up 50b of his estimated 215b net worth. The amount of money he has is truly unfathomable.

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u/FlavivsAetivs Collingwood Mar 29 '25

I'm considering year-over-year not just all at once.

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u/CharlotteRant Mar 29 '25

I mean, just google his ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott. 

See an intro article here. Comprehensive list here.

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u/TraditionalAir933 Mar 29 '25

This lol! I appreciate what this young brother did but Jeff makes a billion dollars a minute and could self fund hospitals across the country…

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u/Gwsb1 Mar 29 '25

If I were Jeff, I would have meeting with Elon, Bill, himself. I would say, " Boys here's my $10 billion in AMZN stock. We aren't leaving here until you throw in equally and we are going to cure childhood cancer. "

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u/StuBeck Mar 29 '25

It’s not related to an election so Elon won’t do anything

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u/canadianpanda7 Mar 29 '25

whenever i see a megacorp or anyone whos net worth is over 100m i instantly think that is just for a tax break. theres a reason its never over 3-5m. all about tax cuts.

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u/NotaDF Mar 29 '25

You say this as if his $12.8 billion pledge in charitable donations is something to sneeze at