If Trump cared about America he'd tell us how to fix it.
Now, let's talk charity. Fuck Charity. How much do you have saved and how old are you? I'm 51 and I have $500K saved plus a condo worth $150K. Is that enough to live the rest of my life? Nope. So why am I giving away my money?
Until I have enough money in the bank that I can live off the interest, I'm not giving SHIT to charity. It's every man for himself in America. It's great rich people give to charity. Makes them feel good about themselves. It's foolish for poor people to give.
Even if my dad leaves me the $400K I think he will leave me someday. Is that enough? IMO, it's not. Not if I want to just live off the interest. How much is enough? What interest do rich people get on $5 million dollars? I just did a quick search 4%? So if I have $900K saved, I would make $36K a year interest. Plus probably have to pay taxes on it. And let's say I get $20K in social security. That's $56K a year. I can certainly live on that and still have fun too. But I won't be rich. And I'm not there yet. My dad may need to go into a home that costs at least $3000 a month. That's $36K a year and if he lives there 10 years, there's half my inheritance. I have a brother who will be getting the other half.
Anyways, I should reach $1 million even without my dad's money. With his money, $1.4 million in 10 years from now. I don't want my dad to die. I just don't want him to outlive me. And I hope he doesn't go into a home that costs $3000 a month. For one reason, they're depressing. If they were fun and social, I'd be begging him to go. It's his money. I don't "need" it. If it would make him happy go! The other reason is selfishly, I want that money.
Every time you give money away to someone else, you kill that money you had. That could have been money in your bank that would work for you until the day you die. Instead, you killed it. You burned it. We do the same thing when we buy an overpriced coffee at Starbucks but hey, you got to live a little.