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Re:Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke by cscurmudgeon on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @07:51PM (#24488042)
> I fail to see the problem, if you have more money than you could possibly use in a lifetime, why shouldn't that be redistributed through programs that benefit all of society, instead of whatever pet projects the rich person favors.

Who decides that? The great and scholarly politicians we elect?

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Re:Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke by newsclues on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @08:24PM (#24488289)
Historically, a mob of angry people after their pleas go unheard for too long, like the French Revolution.

Sound familiar?

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Re:Chuck Feeney Is Now Officially Broke by slickrick216 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @05:26AM (#24490968)
So let us appease mob violence.
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