If I were Filthy Rich
By Beta_Nerdy+184 If you won $500 Million in the Powerball Lottery AFTER TAXES, would you give money to people who wrote you a letter with their hard luck story?
There used to be a very rich man in my home State who felt sorry for people with hard luck stories. He set up a system where he would give away millions of his own money to strangers who had serious economic, medical, or relationship issues.
People would write him a letter at a designed address describing their hard luck story and he and his staff would go through the thousands of letters and pick out the ones that caught his eye. If after further investigation he felt the person deserved to be helped he would send the person/family money.
If suddenly you became very wealthy with hundreds of millions of dollars, would you consider funding a similar charity to help nice people with bad luck or personal challenges? (People that you had never met and you had no connection to (not neighbors, friends or family)
Recent responses
+176 @King_Catfish No
+154 @rtrawitzki No , don’t start that precedent or you’ll never be left alone . In fact if I won I would make a statement to that effect. I’d start a foundation that would give to reputable charities. Nothing direct .
+46 @Any-Marketing-4620 Yes, if I want to go broke and be profiled as the stupidest lottery winner.
+16 @Dell_Hell FUCK NO.
+15 @TheLizardKing89 No way. Way too easy to get scammed. I’d much rather donate to actual charities that do real work to help people.
+12 @HuckelbarryFinsta Wouldn't even waste money on the staff to open those letters. Rich people stay rich for a reason. They know how to handle money and grow it.
+12 @TheSchwartzIsWithMe There are organizations that do this far better than I ever could. I'd find a few I like and find them
+11 @SimilarArtichoke2603 No. Not going to open that can of worms, you couldn't possibly validate every story that you would hear, some people unfortunately create their own situation with very poor life decisions. On my own though I would look around and help people that do not seek help, you can pretty much tell when it would be the right person to help.