Re:Jeff Bezos Commits $10B to Address Climate Change
by DennisP on Monday February 17, 2020 @04:34PM
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So far as 538 can figure out, our democratically-elected government has spent less than $10 billion fighting climate change in the past 25 years put together.
So personally I'm not impressed with our government's ability to allocate funds towards useful causes.
If another billionaire spends their money on a cause I don't care about so much, fine, at least they didn't spend my money on it. And they'd go to prison if they did anything near so offensive as some of the things the government has been up to lately.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-much-is-the-governm...
So personally I'm not impressed with our government's ability to allocate funds towards useful causes.
If another billionaire spends their money on a cause I don't care about so much, fine, at least they didn't spend my money on it. And they'd go to prison if they did anything near so offensive as some of the things the government has been up to lately.