MrPuckett
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Jun 13, 2019 2:12 PM
MrPuckett
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Displicentlickeroflittlethings
Lovable story. Can confirm it’s true.
LtLawlington
Real life Willy wonka
Gingerbreadman18
As a side note, I now want to be a chocolatier
AtsaMattaForMe
codepink2303
Lovely that a billionaire has to bail out a poor family, this used to be the job of govt.
mydogsfartswillkillyou
there are a lot of generous people, however there isnt enough to fix the problems. greed is more abundant.
imakesoap
This is just so wonderful :)
HouseoftheRisingWaffle
"My country is the world and my religion is to do good."
Stuey1221
lolthisismyusername
I applaud the 17 pixels here\
procrastinatingagain
Now I am crying.
TheUser14
As am I.
IcyFlash
https://fair.org/home/medias-grim-addiction-to-perseverance-porn/
CiaranMcHale
Thanks for the link. I don't fully agree with the article's analysis, but it was interesting.
Mickman79
MY COUNTRY IS THE WORLD, AND MY RELIGION IS TO DO GOOD! A rallying cry better there has never been.
SometimesIpostfood
I had read the part where he was seen doing his homework in the street, but never any updates on that. I'm glad to know he's taken care of.
EstherG123
My eyes are leaking. And it isn't about "millionaires/other people" who should do, but about each of us doing what we can to make it better
Mclovin1524
A very beautiful read. If I had the funds, I would do the same. Deeds such as these are not only priceless, but leave a lasting impact.
CiaranMcHale
Many people make the mistake of thinking "I can't do it all, so I won't bother doing anything". I hope you don't make that mistake.
raineryuzaki
I die
KeyMasher
FistPumpMyJunk
I ded too
releasethedogs
This is what real Islam teaches.
blueipDriver
FlyingMonkeyButt
I have a detailed plan of the affordable and accessible homes I will build when I win the lottery. Just need to win the lottery first
CiaranMcHale
But until then, you can surely find cheap ways to make the world a better place. So don't let the lack of a lottery win hold you back.
ididitall
there's a project to turn abandoned property to affordable housing - scott adams in on it.
Vessecora
I like that he gave the mother the means to continue providing through a business. Just giving people money isn't always the best solution
ryanjoseph666
Wow lovely story thanks @MrPuckett i'd only seen the first part of the story before. Hope you're having a lovely day :)
NoMeansNoBillCosby
Please not that guy again
Katz00
What do you have against Mr Puckett? He would only ever wish you have a good day! Besides it's his post.
Roki344
How can you be against MrPuckett?
PrincessWasabi
smithdogg22
outtaleftfield
Uh...this is his post...
Lurch1911
KeidranScout
Just damn good people doing damn good things. Cheers to all involved and @OP for bringing such a story to us
DidItForScience
Go Victor! I love that he was looking out for his classmates and got this generous benefactor to help out his school!
TotesNotTheNSA
"Build a school, no one cares. Give one child an opportunity, you're a hero." - Sophie Devereaux
sticksosteel
“My country is the world and my religion is to do good.” That sums it up.
misskinzy
Replacing my old motto of "Do into others.."
ronpopeil
+1. Love it
findyourway14
Awesome job and what a huge heart! Always a downvote. Fuck them.
Martinikene
Can't argue that
Martinikene
I'm gonna use that when someone asks.
OsmiumHawk
We all die and we can't take our she with us. Do good and leave something better for someone else.
pareidoliaperson
If you're American that's the kinda you do like, all the time. Replace religion with ideals+religion.
StormWingDelta
Now if only more people thought this way. :) Need about a couple billion going this route before the ball is rolling at lightspeed. :P
Zeldon567
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PSFE43X
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professorspankem
Well fuckin’ a. How can anyone disagree with that??
SergeantTerryJeffords
Those who say my country is myself and my religion is money
Kbantar
People that don't think that sentence even makes much sense. He's a good person, period, no nationalism or religion about it.
Alfric
That’s the point of the statement. He recognizes the world as his home and good as his cause over specific nations or dogmas.
EveryGOPAccusationIsActuallyAnAdmission
There are plenty who try.
normalizetherapy
Thomas Paine originally said that. Fyi.
HsuDoNihm
That is at least five centuries older than Thomas Paine.
normalizetherapy
For real?! Do you know who originally said it?
HsuDoNihm
Not who, no, but it's first recorded around 1200. https://www.etymonline.com/word/that
HsuDoNihm
Yes, I'm a bastard. I know.
Stratego89
I'd personally flip it to the world is my country.
Tariovic
- Thomas Paine
Magjee
- Michael Scott
ThishasbeenmyTedTok
France is Bacon
aFadingMemory
I been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine. So men say that I'm intense or I'm insane.
PearjuiceATX
Respect
ShipsPassingintheNight
Utopist
Watch "The Choice is Ours" on YT
dovebair
The first part is true for all billionaires, but few are able to achieve the second part.
UsernameMatt
"I die" -Tanya Trip
ChuckTingleBattlesTheAssGoblinsofAuschwitz
The world needs more people that think and act like you did here!! ?
ItTookMeForeverToMakeThisAccount
Imagine what a world we'd have if those that have the means helped developed their communities and future. A lovely thought
ilovecake
That’s why I keep playing the lottery with the hopes of winning. I’d use a healthy chunk of it to help out others.
CiaranMcHale
Almost everybody in the world has the means to make the world a better place, so please don't delegate the responsibility to other people.
LavaAxe
I have just about enough money the make my kitchen a better place by buying a plastic flower to liven up the place.
DenaliRaven
Pathetic that you think someone needs to give you money so that you can give money lmfao.
storebrandproductmascot
Half of the world's wealth belongs to the top 1%, how about we start with them?
chesirecats
Shut the fuck up.
CiaranMcHale
Feel free to express disagreement politely, but -1 for unnecessary rudeness.
ohDannyBoi
RevolutionOnHerLips
Another lackey for the rich blaming poor people for being poor
CiaranMcHale
You (and some others) have misunderstood me. Read http://www.ciaranmchale.com/letters-to-toby/introduction.html for an explanation.
CiaranMcHale
Famous quote: "Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little."
CiaranMcHale
Lots of people on Imgur say that MrPuckett has helped many people via his wholesome posts, and helping in that way has not cost him money.
CiaranMcHale
If you can't afford to help people by donating money, perhaps you can afford to help by donating time or compassion.
RevolutionOnHerLips
I can certainly agree with that, but if you're raising a family lacking basic subsistence perhaps your little is very little. You can
RevolutionOnHerLips
impact your community with much greater effect if all your time isn't devoted to survival.
lolthisismyusername
A *lot* of disposable income helps man prove he's either a fool or a saint to the world.
grklein
Some people buy gold toilets, others choose to help those less fortunate.
lolthisismyusername
Agreed. I do donate, and I continue to shit in a fine work of porcelain.
glaug
Imagine if people didn't have to hope for the arbitrary benevolence of the owner class to fix one instance of the problems it causes
DrMaggot
+1000 internet
glaug
Oh no that's way too many
minervabro
Do you think the millionaire from Bahrain caused the problems of this family from Peru?
glaug
Article says he's a chocolatier, so it's entirely possible that he has a hand in exploiting Peruvians for profit. My point is that the »
glaug
» owner class as a whole is at war with working people around the world. Applauding a parasite for taking pity is ignoring the real problem.
CheeseB0t
Don't bother, many people believe the disparity of wealth is justified and that the obscenely rich deserve to be so.
minervabro
And throwing shade on a guy for trying to help out someone is a really dumbass mindset.
minervabro
Dude, he is a millionaire, not a billionaire. I get that he may have more in net value than the common man, but he isn't part of the 1%
MemeSins
This is how we fix the world. Millionaires using their incalculable excess to fix the environments keeping others down.
Katz00
Yes yes yes! Agreed. It makes such a difference.
trueunpopularopinions
Unfortunately many of the modern super rich are polar opposites. Just an example, Jeff Bezos; rips off employees, gives peanuts to charity.
MyLabrum
Hey, leave those poor millionaires/billionaires alone
m1crowaveman
The hard part is to not do it in a Robin Hood sort of way. If you just take from the rich to give to the poor, the rich find a new path.
FlyingButtPliers
It's a start, but this is trickle down economics at work. Wait patiently for some benign benefactor. Start with proper schools already.
OneHandedComent
But...but...we need millionaires to spend money on gadgets to become Batman!
TheydownvotedJesusbecausehetoldthetruth
ITT people telling others how to use their resources.
Fairdinkums
But means they have to spend it instead of making more. They won't like that.
Fludz
No. They ain't gonna do it willingly in meaningful numbers. We must force them
TheydownvotedJesusbecausehetoldthetruth
Not your money or resources. If you advocate force, don't be surprised when force comes back around on you.
BigO1606
Yes that's it, disincentivise people who would otherwise do extraordinary things that often benefit lots of people!
Fludz
YOU MEAN LIKE PAY TAXES???
BigO1606
Idk why everyone wants to make an enemy of me. I support progressive tax, social welfare and public services. What this dude is talking
BigO1606
about sounds nothing like that.
TheydownvotedJesusbecausehetoldthetruth
It is truly alarming how many people advocate the use of open force to achieve their goals and still feel morally superior.
Fludz
No one did that. Force can mean many things. Laws an be used to enforce policy. If you're suggesting the Uber rich won't bend to the law,
Fludz
Then who is the one indicating a preference for physical force?
torquedsk
Excess means you have already taken too much and have to return it. You should only take what you need and let others have the rest.
Thatonepersonyounevermet
I mean.. that's just another way of saying raise taxes.
LordHosk
Yes! lets count on the charity of millionaires to lift up the lives of a few people they feel sorry for, not, you know, basic tax reform.
nanyatenyaa
Why not both?
Chpgmr
One of the thing that annoy me the most is these richest of the rich have so much wealth that they could build entire cities, buy countries,
Chpgmr
or fix so many issue but they either dont want to or had bad experiences putting too much money on too small of an issue.
DY427
They ARE building those things. Their money isn’t just sitting in a bank- it’s invested in utilities, construction, and other companies
arctichunter11
I'm continually disappointed in the fiscal ruling class for their lack of a production of Batman. Bastards have the money, someone step up
arctichunter11
Or iron Man. I'm not picky
TheydownvotedJesusbecausehetoldthetruth
Why are you upset by what people are doing with their own resources? Mind your business
theworldendswithher
Which requires the type of system that allows people to become millionaires by being able to keep what they earn through consensual trades.
YoutubeCommenter
We need to sustain the system that allows a select few to amass immeasurable wealth at others' expense so that they can fix this
theworldendswithher
Thank god for capitalism!
NotHerrVonClaussen
Its literally all we ask for. " You few hundred people have +50% of all the resources, share a little."
streptovsky
"No"
Zigor22
ALL the resources? I doubt that math.
DenaliRaven
It’s called charity and it already exists
WhiteCollarOfficeJobs
Charity is not an effective or reliable way to fund public good. Unfortunately, you can't sustain good works on goodwill alone.
dylanamanhouilhan
Yeah, violence is the answer because violence is so damn moral /s
WhiteCollarOfficeJobs
I appreciate how you generated your own strawman to attack and ignored my comment entirely.
Assmodiass
Sharing is consensual and laudable. Forced redistribution of the wealth isn’t.
arfysdad
We redistribute wealth all the time. It's what your taxes do.
BigO1606
I think old mate couldn't quite get his point across in 140 characters, hence the confusion. Some people assume taxes, others not.
waitwasthatreal
Isn’t that what taxes are for?
yeahiheardaboutpluto
Theory and reality aren't necessarily the same.
Castironpeppers
No those are to pay corporations
Ornoth
As a Tax accountant - HA!!
keyserv
Not in the states.
Ganzkapoeri
Panama papers
Pinaplewapi
Funny you say that when in canada and in the us an astounding amount of wealthy people cheat the tax system's
ourari
Yes. This post isn't all that wholesome, but highlights problem of inequality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_market_economy
warslinger
No, but they should
dylanamanhouilhan
On paper. In realty they are the tools of oligarchs and bureaucrats to expand the power of the state and opress people.
ThinMartin
Fludz
Yes that is what taxes are for. No, it's not working because it is broken
whenboredumstrikes
Do you know how much amazon paid in taxes last year?
Pinaplewapi
Still makes me cringe, please dont talk about it any more
ManvilleMike
Minnakht
If taxes were supposed to manage to cover all of this kind of thing, they'd have to be high, and people wouldn't like it.
mardukkur
Wherever this is the case, people do like it.
spacecoyote897
In Scandinavian countries taxes tend to be higher but so is quality of life and services available