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Mz Pip

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7. Seems rather performative

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Tue Dec 2, 2025, 10:35 AM

13 hrs ago

$6.25 billion is a lot of money but it’s spread so thinly, it’s not much more than a paid advertisement for the Dells.

It would be better served if it were offered as scholarship money for kids who otherwise wouldn’t be able to go.

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Michael and Susan Dell to Put $250 in 25 Million Children's Accounts [View all] demmiblue 15 hrs ago OP

Yeah, that's going to grow fast with today's interest rates NewHendoLib 15 hrs ago #1

don't worry, it will be invested in... ret5hd 15 hrs ago #2

starts the ball rolling. Old Crank 12 hrs ago #13

I'm not against it but how much will it actually help ? JI7 15 hrs ago #3

i would bet that most under the income limit Old Crank 12 hrs ago #12

While I may appreciate the gesture newdeal2 14 hrs ago #4

When these kids are eighteen years old they'll be able to cash out these Trump dollars... hunter 14 hrs ago #5

Lets just tax rich people instead Johonny 13 hrs ago #6

Seems rather performative Mz Pip 13 hrs ago #7

Nice gesture, but how much will it actually help those individuals? At least he's NOT using the 6.25 billion to actively Fil1957 12 hrs ago #8

Musk, Thiel, Ellison, Zuckerberg... Initech 12 hrs ago #10

Why does this scheme reek of potential waste, fraud and abuse? Probably because it does. flashman13 12 hrs ago #9

There are lot of provisos on that money Farmer-Rick 12 hrs ago #11

Cash infusion meant to prop up stock market before election wishstar 12 hrs ago #14

An empty, hollow phony gesture by a fanatical Trump supporter aimed at glorifying Trump. BannonsLiver 11 hrs ago #15