How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself

Re:How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself by x1798DE on Friday December 04, 2015 @12:26PM (#10677625)

I have to say, I don't care what Zuckerberg spends his money on, it's his money. I found it pretentious when he deigned to write an open letter to his daughter informing the world that he was going to go on a spending spree, but I'm also not too keen on everyone on both sides analyzing whether his motivations are pure. If he was going to buy a thousand jet planes and start a jet plane demolition derby I don't know if anyone would bother asking if he might have some ulterior motive.

Then again, I don't go in for hero worship, do I have any need to identify who is doing something heroic and who isn't.

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Re:How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself by kcanini on Friday December 04, 2015 @01:13PM (#10677966)

I think you missed the point: Zuckerberg is doing this to avoid paying taxes on his billions of dollars of accumulated wealth. Part of that money should be going back to the society that helped him earn it. Instead, he will have complete control over how it is spent.

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Re:How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself by x1798DE on Friday December 04, 2015 @02:22PM (#10678437)

He is under no obligation to pay taxes he does not owe. Tax deductability of charitable giving is effectively government spending, so take it up with your lawmakers if you don't want that. It has no bearing on Zuckerberg from a legal perspective, and since I'm not out to judge him, I don't really care if he decides to spend his money on a foundation or give it to the government.

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Re:How Mark Zuckerberg’s Altruism Helps Himself by 91bananas on Friday December 04, 2015 @12:58PM (#10677862)

That is an amazing idea for those jet planes.

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