Re:Pmarca donates US$28 million to Stanford's hospital
by boucher on Friday November 09, 2007 @08:45PM
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"utterly retarded"
When you have $28 million dollars to blow, you will be free to spend it as you see fit. In the interim, perhaps you shouldn't be so critical of a billionaire donating money to a hospital; much larger fortunes have simply been squandered. Not to mention the fact that throughout history the rich have donated untold sums to cultural and arts centers, recreation, etc. All money that could have been spent building hospitals in less fortunate parts of the world, and probably most of which brought nothing but praise to the philanthropist.
When you have $28 million dollars to blow, you will be free to spend it as you see fit. In the interim, perhaps you shouldn't be so critical of a billionaire donating money to a hospital; much larger fortunes have simply been squandered. Not to mention the fact that throughout history the rich have donated untold sums to cultural and arts centers, recreation, etc. All money that could have been spent building hospitals in less fortunate parts of the world, and probably most of which brought nothing but praise to the philanthropist.