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It's refreshing to read about her donations, especially after knowing just how hard her first ex screws people over.
Paywall-less sauce: https://archive.ph/WU1zz
dixxienormus
Many donations substitute for USAID cancellations.
johnnycashmustache
She’s hot. Not just because of the never ending money…
GeminiDreams
So she's single?
TrancedJoe
Good on her. I still don't think anyone should have that magnitude of money greater than the lowest of us.
Hev118
Seriously I ADORE this woman she is my hero.
theinternetkeepsmealive
She was clearly too good for him.
ItsACrazyWorld
Do we really know this money is going to charity? Is she really doing this out of the goodness of her heart? Thats so much fucking money. I dont believe for a second its ending up to the right people or this a scheme. In our reality very few times do these rich people do some thing actually good.
mythreindeer
She was married to Jeff for years, while he became what he is. She still hoards a shit-ton of wealth that she does not deserve. This is reputation-laundering by someone who is still unimaginably wealthy. Keep your eye on the fucking ball.
i18736524742069
Seriously, the amount of people that lap this bs up is insane
theMonkeyTrap
Good But, I have a more subtle point, Why should the types of charity that relate to issues bouncing around in her head get a priority? These people exploited masses and crippled govt's ability to do anything productive so WE cant help ourselves. Now THEY get to decide what gets saved & what isnt worthwhile.
This is feudal lords all over again with extra steps.
marthafarquar
So, are any of these organisations helping the Amazon workers that made all that money ?, you know like the 6.6% of all Amazon workers who suffered serious injury , twice the rate of similar warehouse staff.
ExitThroughThePanaderia
Something tells me she wouldn't be like this if it were money she actually earned. You don't see Oprah doing this outside of Oprah donating to her own charities (Which is a way to game the system)
You people are stupid.
ExitThroughThePanaderia
This is why the country is falling fast and hard.
4charactersorlongerwasalreadytaken
If they would be taxes correctly, they would need to donate less. It is a kind of a feudalistic habit in the us the donations. TAX THE RICH.
USvette1
Well done McKenzie!👍
RegionofThud
Oh no! She only has $40 billion left that she won't be paying taxes on.
shawnemack
The greatest thing bezos ever did for America was divorcing Mackenzie Scott
i18736524742069
She’s worth $34 billion, far more than any one person could ever need or spend. Giving away a fraction of that doesn’t make her any less shitty, she should never have it to begin with
LitterBoxKing
She has that money because she split from Jeffy. And Jeffy got that money because he exploited a massive workforce after a generous loan from Mom and Dad.
HelikaformerNubisKnight9
Normally I'm for taxing the rich instead of them giving to charities, but under the Trump regime the government would do less charitable things with it than her donating to charities. I hate this timeline!
gamingfoodgifsandrecipes95
She should still be guillotined.
itrytoonlysaypositivethings
And to think Jeff traded her in for a plastic Barbie doll ..
Solear
None of them are good, selfless, followable, achievable or should be idolized.
thedorkitect
philanthropy is just white washing labor exploitation. It is money that ends up being focused on pet projects or comes with tons of conditions once donated.
Rubyrose99
$26 billion in half a decade, and IIRC, she STILL has more money than when she started. She literally can't spend it fast enough. I wish people were not too stupid to grasp how big the wealth gap is.
SomebodyalreadytookMyPants
I know there is way more to a marriage than looks, but she is 10x more attractive than his current spouse and that just get's amplified by her clearly being a good person
RevolutionOnHerLips
Usually I don't think it's fair to criticize someone's looks (or who they choose to marry) but given she looks like a lot of her face and body come from elective procedures where she's now bordering uncanny valley territory...
NR97420
Yeah Bezos went full midlife crisis, left a treasure, and landed something that came out of a five and dime clearance bin.
endem1c
I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger...
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
Why do that try to make it sound longer? Why use "half decade?" 5 years is 5 years.
thedudeman519
Aren't writers typically paid per word?
donpat
its stil two words
thedudeman519
I don't know if they count single characters as words or not, either way seems like a slly hang-up
Guisso14
Couldn't she stop world hunger instead of musk?
pattalam
I was thinking the same. Some UN folks said if they get $6 Billion, there wont be any world hunger
TheStealthHippopotamus
For how long? I doubt it would end it for all time
CompressedInfo
And if I'm not mistaken, given the appreciation of Amazon since the divorce, she is at least even in overall net worth, if not actually AHEAD of where she was, despite giving more than basically anyone ever in such a short time
Flodos
Which is why I see little reason to praise her. I, too, would happily give money away if I don't even lose it by doing so!
thotheger
Proof again and again that billionaires have more money than what they know to do with and therefore should be heavily and properly taxed by governments
hullabanana
lol I feel like it’s nearly.. impossible to spend. What would you do in the first month with that monies..
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Thus demonstrating the Bezoslebub et al could be taxed at ...ohh, let's say 60 percent on all income and *still* be amongst the richest people who ever lived.
freezingpilot
90 percent. And they'd still be perfectly comfortable for the rest of their lives.
SinStar87
but that's not all the money and the poors don't have to lap dick for charity if it's taxed.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Yes? I wasn't making that point. More that its just an indication of how astronomical levels of wealth work.
SinStar87
And I was indicating the mindset behind chasing those astronomical levels of wealth.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Nup, I can only deal with a single concept at a time!
sakm
Reminder that while technically a positive contribution to society, billionaire "philanthropy" is most often done just to avoid taxes.
petrovpoo
And if you dig deep enough, those charities will be run by said billionaires or their mates.
Clockworkdancerobot
And the mere act of accumulating that wealth does a lot of the harm in the first place by not letting people be paid fairly and that money to circulate. It stagnates offshore.
CompressedInfo
In her case in particular, that's definitely not what's going on, but yes, in most cases, it's part of a tax strategy
firni
I read that when elmo “gives”, it’s to his own charities.
InfocalypseRising
I’ll take avoiding taxes via philanthropy over avoiding taxes by just not paying them
AndersCalrissian
Every damn time
JunkFoodVanDame
Plus the dimension of power in privatized capital is anti democratic. Labor and ressources belong to the people not the few who exploit it and horde it like Smaug.
GuyPilot
Douche remark -- off topic of a good story
VinnieJonesDiary
No story that ends with a billionaire still being a billionaire is a good story.
080080
it's fine to comment this way, but please be more financially literate if you do. there is a deduction limitation of 30% of one's AGI if donating stock to charity. 20% if donating stock to a private foundation. mackenzie scott would need to have earned $24,000,000,000 in 2025 for this to make sense solely for '"tax purposes". your comment really shows that no good deed goes unpunished.
beelzebob23
I don't care. She gave a huge chunk to Community Colleges which badly need it. If she gets a tax break that is fine with me.
AndersCalrissian
You have a right to that tax deduction. If you are making a charitable donation, it's an ethical transaction as far as I'm concerned.
judyblue
Especially if you would rather not give your tax dollars to the DoD so they can keep bombing Venezuelan fishermen, and would like to deduct a bit of what you owe and instead put it towards making a much larger contribution to a vetted charity that does work you believe in.
funtimes72
People who say this generally seem to have no idea of how taxes actually work and can't seem to understand the difference between tax credits and tax deductions.
FiftyShadesOfArugula
Not the case here, but usually it works like this: Set up a foundation w. yourself as president. Donate as much of your income to yourself as the law allows. You only have to pay an annual 5% toward "charitable" purposes which you get to pick. E.g., research that ultimately benefits your companies. In exchange for this tiny wealth tax your foundation can provide its president (you) with housing, a car, even a private jet. It can buy artwork & loan it to your estate. It's a tax-exempt slush fund.
AnyRandomBob
I agree. I'll give her a small path, because she's calling out these issues. She stated a few years back that she has a team of people who's job it is to just give away her money, and yet she keeps building wealth. As some point you just can't spend, manage, or run out of money and those are the people I want taxed to hell. Those with more than they know what to do with can afford to be taxed
lackinglife
What's hilarious to me is apparently how much bezos is absolutely seething at "his" money going towards helping people.
MissMittens
Can you post links to the source? I could use a pick me up and seeing Bezos be mad would do just the trick
andwings2go
If he wants to back trace the money that way, it’s “our” (any of us that used to make a decent living working retail before Amazon killed the industry) money.
tijtij
Is that true? I read about Elon Musk saying that, but I don't think Bezos himself cares. She was one of the initial seed investors in Amazon.
khora
No, people make up opinions and motivations of others all the time here for points.
MisterLemons
Imgur, like *every other social media*, has devolved into an echo chamber of endless banter and virtue signaling focusing almost exclusively on the negative aspects of all things.
Even here the narrative is hijacked from "good things done" to "Bezos is a prick". It's so woefully tiring.
lackinglife
Ah your correct it was musk who can't stand it, my bad. Been a minute since I read it and all those rich assholes are the same to me
hullabanana
They are all cunts, but 84 upvotes on a lie. You, aren’t helping with the mass lies in the world.
hullabanana
s/lie/mistake
lackinglife
I got the wrong billionaire ruining our lives, I apologized and corrected. Not sure what else you want
TanithRosenbaum
Do you happen to have a link for when musk said that and what he said exatcly? I tried googling for it, but I can't seem to find anything
lackinglife
https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-mackenzie-scott-philanthropy-giving-charity-billionaires-wealth-politics-2024-12
"Super rich ex-wives who hate their former spouse' should filed be listed among 'Reasons that Western Civilization died,'" Musk said in a now-deleted X post in March."
TanithRosenbaum
Thank you
levyathyn
It's insane to me. If she wasn't doing this, I would be starting to suspect there's some entity living within the cash itself, and when you collect enough of it under one person they become irredeemably evil. Just... why?
ThrowAwayAcct0000
$$$ is like a cursed object: u can ignore its influence for a while, but eventually it corrupts every1. Moderation is key: too much $ makes u lose ur ability to make human connections, empathize, & causes brain damage, while too little $ makes it difficult to survive & live a healthy life. I try to stay at a happy medium: i can afford my groceries/bills, but I always have to check the prices for flights, hotels, Christmas gifts, & major purchases. I'm also a minimalist, so my wants are few.
munkeyninja
You’ve seen the correlation and reversed the cause. The truth is that it takes a special kind of evil person to get to that point… and they probably don’t start quite so evil but the constant choices that erode the moral center of a person that would prevent them from arriving there are all gone and they’ve eliminated from their lives anyone who might tell them what they’ve become.
Alivda
I mean, There's the old story of Fafnir, and even tolkien wrote about dragon greed, so *shrugs* I think there's some kinda madness involving extremely large sums of money.
randomwalrus
Most people just want to get by. To live, and be happy. Only the broken want more. Want to oppress. Want to exploit. Want to take eveyrthing
slartibartfastkhashour
Which is weird because it's literally just made up. Shiny metal, weird paper or just numbers next to a name in a very specific computer.
It's honestly feckin dumb we put so much importance on it, money is a tool. Would having a billion screwdrivers do this to someone?
AllMyPain
And then there's people willing to part with that dumb shit to buy a collection of even dumber shit
ThrowAwayAcct0000
It's something that makes goods and services circulate, like blood in a body. It's super weird when rich ppl hoard $$$, that's like if someone just collected a ton of blood and held onto it.
raitchison
At least someone is doing something good with Jeff Bezos' money.
Imademyselfsquirtle
I wish she would actually give to people who need it, as in those who do not have the support of blood sucking non gor profits, yes they take a lot of the donated money for themselves don't lie to your self. Those who are about to lose homes, insurance, medical debt, lunch debt, those who just neat that hand.
AndersCalrissian
Exactly why she's doing it, and exactly why he grinds his teeth in his sleep.
Roaddog184
You know, there’s a product on his platform that he sells now and completely smashed out a small business to take the sales that could help with his teeth grinding.
IgnatiusTheSaint
Good. Fuck him. :)
f3n1x187
you mean her money? She was integral part on setting up Amazon.
TheMindEntropic
It's *OUR* money that they've exploited us to appropriate as their own.
ourari
She was there from the beginning and helped build the company in the early years, so at least some of it is her money.
tibbs3d
All of it she received is hers. Her and Bezos being married meant that on paper it was single income, but like you said, she helped build it, and also maintained all their familial affairs in the process.
raitchison
Not disputing that, just happy to see her take that fat divorce settlement and put it to work. Cause if Jeff kept it he'd just spend it on more penis shaped rockets or other nonsense.
HeadJamistan
She ws just as much of a piece of shit in building the billion dollar bank account. Like Gates, once a piece of shit, always a piece of shit
NoCutsNoButsNoCoconuts
Now I’m curious what a non penis shaped rocket would look like and how it would function from an aerodynamic/ reaching orbit standpoint
TuckerCarlsonWarnedYouTheredBeGirlsLikeMe
lots of rockets don't have a mushroom head.
SmellingMistake
PearjuiceATX
Cloud Imperium is taking the next Hull series a different direction…
SackTheRipper
Found the clitor... I mean bridge!
TheMindEntropic
Reminder that she is worth 33 billion and no billionaire is a good billionaire. This kind of money could support all the SNAP recipients, for example. The article barely mentions the specifics of such a large donation. $104 million went to African schools (which is great), but it feels like this article isn't really doing much but making people feel okay with billionaires.
LitterBoxKing
Proof that you can't make everyone happy.
TheMindEntropic
We have a huge global problem with billionaires. Praising one seems like propaganda. Yay, this one donated money somewhere that distracts our focus! GOOD FOR HER. Not all billionaires must be bad. THERE CAN BE GOOD ONES TOO. Maybe someday one of *us* will be wearing the boot and we'll be merciful to all the rest!
LitterBoxKing
At no point did I say or imply "Not all billionaires must be bad. THERE CAN BE GOOD ONES TOO." I was appreciating one person who donated considerable funds in contrast to a horrible, roided fuckgibbon who runs his wealth-generating-plebes roughshod over broken glass.
TheMindEntropic
You don't *have* to say that when you post something blindly praising the oligarchy. Comparing one who donates small lumpsums of their billionaire wealth to one who donates none does not help any of us. It does, however, normalise the idea that billionaires are a natural part of society *and they simply aren't.*