Money cannot buy everything.

[duke63]

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Very young age to die for someone who could afford anything he wanted.

[D6]

I hope I'm related to him.

[Kwacky]

That's an obscene amount of money. What's the point in all that wealth?

[D6]

I've often wondered that.

You get all these Oxfam adverts asking for just £3 a month to save 100 (or something) people from dirty water. That guy could have given 10 million and not batted an eye lid. That's like 300 thousand people with clean water. Or kids off the streets etc.

Or better yet. Give me a cool million.

[Kwacky]

They spent £5m on a birthday party FFS

[Blade]

I've often wondered that.

You get all these Oxfam adverts asking for just £3 a month to save 100 (or something) people from dirty water. That guy could have given 10 million and not batted an eye lid. That's like 300 thousand people with clean water. Or kids off the streets etc.


Or better yet. Give me a cool million.

With that amount of wonga he could have bought everyone a Panigale R to ride down to the well on.

[Monty]

Philanthropy is dead

[Kwacky]

as are ragged trousers

[Monty]

Food banks are the new ragged trousers.

Let's give the horse more oats, you never know maybe a few more will fall out of it's arse on to the road!

[D41]

Philanthropy is dead

Philanthropy is a business these days. Or always was. I donated to Feed The Children for years until I became married....and at around the same time found out that only about 15% of donations makes it to it's intended cause...workers at all levels have to be paid....govts. have to be paid off to even allow workers into whatever country they're going to, etc......it's a 'skim' operation, much like the music business, where a $20M recording contract maybe pays 20 'points' (or %) if you're lucky, 12.5 points or thereabouts if you're just starting off.

Maybe this man was aware of that and didn't feel like giving his money to other wealthy (and mostly corrupt) people, where some of it would eventually makes it's way to the arms trade that plies it's trade & facilitates the continuation of what is essentially a 'racket'...?? His money...his business, I figure.

I do a fair amount of charity work these days, and for better or worse I do it for myself, to keep me busy....if someone else benefits from it then fine....if not, then I benefit from it. So I essentially do it selfishly, and hope there's some 'spillage'.

[Monty]

Philanthropy is dead

Philanthropy is a business these days. Or always was. I donated to Feed The Children for years until I became married....and at around the same time found out that only about 15% of donations makes it to it's intended cause...workers at all levels have to be paid....govts. have to be paid off to even allow workers into whatever country they're going to, etc......it's a 'skim' operation, much like the music business, where a $20M recording contract maybe pays 20 'points' (or %) if you're lucky, 12.5 points or thereabouts if you're just starting off.

Maybe this man was aware of that and didn't feel like giving his money to other wealthy (and mostly corrupt) people, where some of it would eventually makes it's way to the arms trade that plies it's trade & facilitates the continuation of what is essentially a 'racket'...?? His money...his business, I figure.

I do a fair amount of charity work these days, and for better or worse I do it for myself, to keep me busy....if someone else benefits from it then fine....if not, then I benefit from it. So I essentially do it selfishly, and hope there's some 'spillage'.

LOL I was thinking more Joseph Rowntree, he's dead.

[D41]

Yeah, I know that.

Was more aimed at the "what do you do with all that $$$$??" remark,

Tightwad.

[StMarks]

as are ragged trousers

Fwiw I'm often wearing ragged trousers.



I can't help feeling a bit sorry for some people.

[Jack]

ragged is the new black

[Rossgo]

Haven't read all the comments but dam £5m on a party that's crazy!! Clearly they don't worry about spending!!

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[Si.]

Met him a few times, and done his daughters hair a fair few times too, been to his gaff in Chester a few times too, and he threw some wicked parties....Lovely fella, done loads for charity and others, and was a big player in the T.A.. Nice family too. Unassuming bloke who loved a good laugh and you would never know he was worth a mint. Did loads for Liverpool with the building of Liverpool one and surrounding area...made it into what it is today. Can't fault him.

I suspect a lot of Ill feeling will be spouted about him, but sour grapes on behalf of people who never knew him.

[Kwacky]

As you say, we don't know him and the press will report it as they see fit.

If others benefited from his wealth then fair play to the fella

[D41]

End of the day it's his money. I'd get pretty pissed off if someone was telling me how to spend my own dinero...I earn it, I'll spend it, thank you very much.

Should be no different for anyone else...generosity cannot be forced...it's kinda intrinsic to the whole concept.

However!! You can get some decent tax write-offs for donations, so instead of giving it to the Govt. for them to spend, at least you send it in the direction you judge to be most deserving....that's something that's often overlooked when people are ripping into how govt.s fritter away other peoples cash.
And the documentation you need to do this is not all that difficult to put together at tax time....it's takes an hour or two once a year, and I have a book-keeper do it....she does it also as a write-off (forget how)...and so it's helps everyone involved.