Tepper blurb in WashPost

[CPF4LIFE]

People are gonna drive themselves ill trying to come up with ways to hate Tepper. For a billionaire the dude does more than enough compared to others. 

[Paa Langfart]

4 hours ago, Khyber53 said:

I mean, that would be a hard yardstick for anyone to measure up to.

This is really stepping up to help folks out ..... 

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Michael Jordan and his Jordan Brand on Friday pledged $100 million to the effort to redress racial injustice, the retired NBA great's manager announced.

Estee Portnoy posted a statement on Twitter: "Today, we are announcing Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand will be donating $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice, and greater access to education."

I don't believe Jordan has anywhere close to Teppers assets.  WTF does anyone need 11  billion dollars for ?

[jfra78]

16 minutes ago, Paa Langfart said:

This is really stepping up to help folks out ..... 

I don't believe Jordan has anywhere close to Teppers assets.  WTF does anyone need 11  billion dollars for ?

11 billion tacos

[RASTAN66]

On 6/4/2020 at 6:23 PM, Paa Langfart said:

There are at least 40 million of us who are currently unemployed and wondering how we will feed our family

next month, keep the lights on, and keep what health insurance we have.  I don't think it's asking too much to expect one of the richest people in the world, to do more to help those at the bottom.

I'm seeing "we're hiring" signs all over the place...

...if you'd like I will start keeping notes and direct you to the establishments as needed.

Lemme know mate, happy to help.

[RASTAN66]

6 hours ago, Paa Langfart said:

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Michael Jordan and his Jordan Brand on Friday pledged $100 million to the effort to redress racial injustice, the retired NBA great's manager announced.

Estee Portnoy posted a statement on Twitter: "Today, we are announcing Michael Jordan and Jordan Brand will be donating $100 million over the next 10 years to organizations dedicated to ensuring racial equality, social justice, and greater access to education."

I don't believe Jordan has anywhere close to Teppers assets.  WTF does anyone need 11  billion dollars for ?

Jordan Brand is owned by Nike.  Mike clips a commission on Jordan Brand sales. 

Mike's not writing a check for anything...Nike is budgeting a % of Jordan Brand revenues to be directed to certain "organizations", it's a drop and the bucket and they view it as an advertising expense.  In addition, for all we know some of those funds are being reallocated away from other organizations.  Shell game...

[Khyber53]

11 hours ago, Paa Langfart said:

This is really stepping up to help folks out ..... 

I don't believe Jordan has anywhere close to Teppers assets.  WTF does anyone need 11  billion dollars for ?

That's a debate for the Tinderbox and one I really don't want to be involved in.

[kungfoodude]

17 hours ago, jfra78 said:

11 billion tacos

Those tacos aren't tax free. So, using NC's general sales tax(which should apply here) is 4.75%. If you are doing a proper Taco Tuesday, it would be a sit down restaurant, which would also mean he should leave a tip. I will calculate it as 15%, which is the traditional average we use in the US. So we assume each taco is actually $1.1975. So at that rate, Tepper could only have 9,185,803,757.8288100208768267223382‬ tacos. 

[jfra78]

2 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

Those tacos aren't tax free. So, using NC's general sales tax(which should apply here) is 4.75%. If you are doing a proper Taco Tuesday, it would be a sit down restaurant, which would also mean he should leave a tip. I will calculate it as 15%, which is the traditional average we use in the US. So we assume each taco is actually $1.1975. So at that rate, Tepper could only have 9,185,803,757.8288100208768267223382‬ tacos. 

A .8288100208768267223382‬ taco is like a taco with a bite taken

[kungfoodude]

5 minutes ago, jfra78 said:

A .8288100208768267223382‬ taco is like a taco with a bite taken

He might not leave a tip if he sees that bite taken, so he would actually have $1,650,000,000‬ remaining. 

[RumHam]

On 6/4/2020 at 9:06 AM, cookinbrak said:

I've given $150, and I damn sure ain't median.

and do you believe that this actually benefited the working class

[cookinbrak]

1 hour ago, RumHam said:

and do you believe that this actually benefited the working class

I gave $100 to the local food bank. Paid 50 bucks for a bunch of masks to give to the old people at work.

[Gesualdo]

On 6/6/2020 at 3:15 PM, cookinbrak said:

I gave $100 to the local food bank. Paid 50 bucks for a bunch of masks to give to the old people at work.

...and donating to a food bank is one of the very best ways to directly help people in need. My ex works with people who rely on food banks, and the support they receive locally makes all the difference. Anyone who can should pull out their wallet now and make this same move.

[Gesualdo]

It's no substitute for working on the issues that cause for insecurity and inequality to begin with, but this is a time to just go do it anyway because it's still emergency mode.

[Davidson Deac II]

As I said earlier, we genuinely don't know what Tepper gives.  The article only refernces a few individual donations, the list may not be all inclusive.  Lots of people like to give quietly and keep it to themselves.  I never discuss how much or to whom I give.  At least not with people I know.  I mention it here on occassion as part of discussions, but its anonymous.  I rarely discuss it with friends/family.  As far as I am concerned, personal charity should be done discreetly and quietly, without a lot of "hey, see what I did".