Ah, once more my feeling that the extremely wealthy people of this country neither know nor care about millions of ‘the poor, the starving’ or whatever you wish to call the huge multitude of extremely poor people who live in this country. I could say “that surround them” here in the United States, but I doubt that they know of or have ever even seen them. When you are driven about in a limo with tinted windows you don’t see much.
These super-wealthy really know how to distribute their money well. After all, they do undoubtedly pay people to care for them or their children. But maids and gardeners are easy to find these days They can even be ‘imported’ from another country and are ready and willing to work for minimum wage, or below, until someone rats on you, but the shame of the publicity only lasts until a Kardashian does another foolish thing and takes the heat off you. Nannies may cost a little more, the children do have to be well taken care of, but again, you can ‘import’ a nannie from another country and the children will perhaps learn to speak another language.
Now comes ‘what to do to keep from paying taxes.’ That seems to be a big part of the super-wealthy’s ‘work.’ Well, they pay very high priced lawyers and tax accountants to do a lot of the work on this, but one does have to have ‘charities’ to donate to, to show how generous one is. Here, for example is a statement about one of the wealthiest women in the U.S.:
“She is the granddaughter of Frank C. Mars, who was the founder of the Mars candy bar company in America. Jacqueline Mars is currently the third richest woman in the United States. Though she inherited this wealth, she does spend quite a bit of time with charitable activities. She is a strong supporter of the National Symphony Orchestra and operates as Vice President of the U.S. Equestrian Team.” The Richest by Sammy Said
And another: “Alice Walton net worth: American heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune, Alice Louise Walton, has a net worth of $35.1 billion as of 2014 making her the second richest woman in the world. She is the daughter of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton and Helen Walton. She is building Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.” ... same (This museum is to house the art she tried to give to several museums, but they turned it down... no tax relief there.)
All of which again, simply goes to show just what I have always said about the ‘charitable giving’ of these people. Somehow I don’t see much help for the halt, lame or starving of this country in their ‘giving.’ My feeling is that the average (and there are SO MANY now) wealthy person in the U.S. gives their charitable money to anyone who can entertain them. In other words, most give only to symphonies, ballet companies, museums... oh, yes, and the U.S. Equestrian Team. Mrs. Mars must have a child who loves horses, or perhaps she was the child, and I guess still is, as she doesn’t seem to notice that there are starving children all around her. Of course, none of them are allowed to get anywhere near her, they might disturb the horses.
