Dear Jeff Bezos,

[AKwannabe]

I love love love Dolly Parton…

But $100 millions ?

I have full faith She will likely do great things with the “windfall”, but shit, why not give $100 millions to national food banks? Why not every fucking school? Why not Veterans?

For crying out loud, man! Why give it to someone who has everything?

Be. Practical.
Help millions, not one (even if the one will do something good)!!! FFS!

[Maine Abu El Banat]

1. I would rather have Dolly decide where the $$ goes

But I get your point. Not everyone is as socially aware as Dolly.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. He's trying to improve his image by having his name associated with hers.

And it's backfiring. He's an idiot. But of course, Dolly will be gracious. But he'll never be more than an egotistical idiot. He and Elon should start a mutual admiration society.

[True Dough]

10. But his philanthropy

pales in comparison to that of his ex-wife, Mackenzie Scott. She's given away several billion, and still it worth tens of billions.

[True Dough]

11. Ha! I no sooner finished typing my previous post

and then I see a new thread at the top of the list pertaining to this very topic:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142994156

Looks like Jeff is going hard in trying to surpass his wife's reputation for altruism.

[JT45242]

3. Did he give directly to her or her charity foundation?

Was unclear on the news report on the radio when I was driving.

[Tanuki]

6. It's up to her

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/11/12/entertainment/jeff-bezos-dolly-parton-100-million-dollar-grant/index.html

..."Last year, Bezos awarded $100 million each to CNN contributor Van Jones and chef José Andrés.

Bezos, the founder and former head of Amazon.com, said at a news conference at the time the grant had no strings attached.

“They can give it all to their own charity,” Bezos said last year. “Or they can share the wealth. It is up to them.”...(more)

[markie]

4. she will do right

it will be ok

[Tetrachloride]

5. Hi, my name is Jeff

Hi, Jeff

[Raven123]

7. How about paying your employees better, Jeff

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Yes. And laying off the whip hand as well. . . . nt

[NanceGreggs]

8. I'm pretty sure Bezos knew ...

... that Dolly wasn't going to spend the money on a yacht, a house on the French Riviera, and a flashy new wardrobe.

He didn't give her the money to "help one" rather than "millions" - he gave it to someone who he knew would ensure that it helped as many people as possible, in the best way possible.

[AKwannabe]

17. Fairly sure of all of this myself ( as stated )

Still ranted.

[AntivaxHunters]

9. I've agued this with myself

Dolly Parton is filthy rich.
Billionaires shouldn't be giving multi-millionaires money. That's money which could go to poor & working class people.
That's $ which could go towards building housing for the unsheltered & other social justice issues.

That said....

If there was 1 wealthy person who I'd choose then Dolly Parton would be near if not at the top of my list.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Dolly Parton is very QUIETLY a big contributor to many worthy causes large and small. . . . nt

[AntivaxHunters]

15. Yup

She is.
I do think though direct action is better.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. He just gave her one One-Thousandth of what he is going to give away

He announced he is giving away the bulk of his $124 billion fortune, say $100 billion.

Millions are a thousandth of billions. One tenth of one percent.

In my opinion, Dolly is an excellent recipient for starting such big philanthropy.

[jaxexpat]

16. When billionaires give away millions it's an attempt to reconcile contradiction.

On one hand there's the fruit of a money-grubbing megalomaniac's labor and on the other a conscience crippling pile of ill-gotten gain. Why are billionaires crazy? Because their life revolves around the question, "how much should I keep and why?"

Rule of thumb: Literally, the richer, the crazier.