Billionaires giving a measly million. They ought to be outlawed

to make a BILLION, doesn't it???????

So, a million isn't even donating their pocket or dashboard change....

A word that begins with a “t”?

Sadly, a dirty word for some.

n/t

This whole thing is a sick and cruel joke

A million can buy more staples than money from strapped families trying to share their resources.

People might respond positively if their action is appreciated. And like I said, a million dollars is going to buy more food than say, my $20.

and people wouldn't have to worry about whether they are going to live or die.

And we wouldn't need charity if billionaires paid their fair share of taxes. Just pay your god damn taxes, billionaires!

1929 stock market crash and its after effects.

What struck me was his observation that while the big market players would recover, the everyday Americans who lost everything now had little to no money to spend on themselves or anything else. In other words, the market crash pulled money out of their pockets and that lost spending power is what led to the Depression. Something similar might be at work now. Money in the form of lost wages and benefits and higher costs due to Trump tariffs is pulling the money that drives the economy away from the people who spend it. Walmart recently said that they expect lower sales because of the loss of Nov SNAP benefits. It's not that far a leap to companies laying off employees, which expands the labor pool competing for jobs, and cutting wages and benefits. All of which can easily lead to a recession perhaps rivaling 2008.

make a decision, stop being wishy-washy.

All the rules are based on the good old boys 'wink and a handshake' club. No teeth to any of these laws or rules.

And it's news when a few give their couch cushion change to feed the poor?

Greedy bastards.

I'm sorry, I depend on a small amount of SNAP each month. The shutdown is on top of my benefits being stolen, along with more than 1000 others in my state, over the summer. Feds wouldn't reimburse that amount, now families are facing going hungry again.

Add in the shaming of poor folks by banning SNAP for sodas and snacks, because "our health".

They don't give a fuck about our health. They don't care if we starve.

He could easily pay the $10b out of the stash in his underwear drawer and not have to give up a thing.