Over the years I've noticed that quite often the very rich come asking poor old me for money: Hospitals - I had a loved one go through a medical issue where the medical community churned through unnecessary testing and did a minor outpatient surgery with follow up treatment that ended up costing about half of my take home pay for year (insurance covered more than half eventually). As the bills were still flowing in they sent a donation request. The doctors must have needed some new golf clubs. Ballet School - Mercedes SUV driving ballet school owner gets up on stage and asks for donations after I gave her several thousand over the last 12 months. The universities I attended - Always asks for donation even though I shelled out $50,000 in the last few decades and will probably have another $200,000 heading there was in the next decade with my kids. These guys get subsidized by my tax dollars and raise tuition at almost twice the rate of inflation and then ask me for money again? United Way - They get employers to shake down employees so they could pay execs $300,000 plus perks (that's what they paid ten years ago when I stopped supporting). Performing Arts Center - Sends out mailers asking for donations. I am subsidizing the entertainment of the older crowd with old money? I encourage all of you to support charity but always consider where the money is going. Do you support any of the wealthy charities or do you find true charitable needs to support?
Billionaire football owners ask (and usually get) cities to build their new stadiums for free. The cities just raise taxes. Hey, got to keep those min. wage hotdog sellers and parking lot attendants employed 10 days a year right?
That's a matter of a team going to a highest bidder and a politician that doesn't want to be known for letting our team leave town. Those stadiums have more economic impact then hot dog sales, that's some pretty good construction work. And besides team owners are businessmen and don't hide the fact. Professors, doctors, people in the arts are working for noble causes and are almost unaware that they are selling a service for a premium at the same time they are asking for a hand out.
This one drives me nuts. Everytime they call and ask for money I always tell them they need to stop asking me for money until after my student loans are paid off... Not that I am going to give them any money after they are paid off either...
ull give him coz you know hes not gonna look to ask, u gotta give to some one who really needs, that person might some day be more helpful to u then gates
Remember the saying, "It doesn't hurt to ask." What I find impressive is how rich people, who want for nothing, have the gall to ask someone else to pay the bill they created. If only I had that kind of shameless guts.
You might ask them a few questions like whether the money is going to faculty and staff that are already pulling down six figure salaries or is it going to build buildings you will never use or is it going to help student with tuition? If it's to help with tuition ask them if they would like to donate to you. Offer them a presidents level for $10,000 or $5000 for a leadership level. Go easy on them, it's probably some student doing the asking.
I'd give Gates $100 just to be able to brag that I gave money to Bill Gates As for those who really need it.. too many people are living in extreme poverty and misery in this world, you can't help them all anyway, so your best contribution to the humanity would be if you just try to live your own life to the full and do help others as you can of course ~MG
You know what people might think ... P.S.: put "Reading Michael_Goldman's blog" in your location and I'll think about it ~MG
As soon as Tearabite's time is up, I'll let you know. I do have a blog feed spot that I'll sell you...
Actually better just put "upside down" in your location, things look much differently when you look from this perspective, trust me If more people looked at things upside down the world would have been a much better place ~MG
actually we do look at the world upside down. our retinas see images upside down and our brain unscrambles the message so we interpret it right side up.