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PugJesus , in After Gains at Big Three, U.A.W. Aims at Nonunion Plants
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Fuck yes. Labor revival in my lifetime, please, I'm so tired of seeing workers stepped on.

FaceDeer , in Paramedic Sentenced to Five Years in Death of Elijah McClain

The case was a rare criminal prosecution of emergency medical personnel, and stirred outrage among paramedics and firefighters across the nation who worry that urgent decisions made as part of their jobs can be criminalized.

Maybe don't ignore the Hippocratic Oath and commit basic blatant malpractice at the behest of the police and you won't have to worry about that so much.

HubertManne , in Lack of snow cancels longest sled dog race in eastern United States
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possible 56 degree temp drop in chicago. I wish I could brush this off as just a freak occurence.

HubertManne , in Belarus' election reinforces the authoritarian leader's 30-year rule. Only loyalists could run
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every canidate must submit video evidence of their act of fellatio on victor or vlad.

livus , in Uzbekistan: 23 jailed over child deaths linked to cough syrup

Good. Cough syrup poisonings are a scourge.

LemmyIsFantastic , in New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn gift

95% of this will be going to the upper middle class.

swope , in Alabama IVF ruling divides devout Christians: 'Fewer children will be born'
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I'm guessing this is a "leopards ate my face" situation for a lot of people.

Grimy , in New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn gift

So that would be 200 schools if we liquidated one really annoying billionaire. Just sayin

kosure ,
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Expropriate or bust!

fubarx , in New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn gift

At $60K tuition x 500 students = $30M / yr.
Simple interest on $1B at 3% per year over 20 years = $30M / yr.

They can pay for 500 medical students, practically forever, without touching the principal.

According to https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein_College_of_Medicine, in 2021, they matriculated 183 students (out of 9773 applicants). That means they can double the number of 'free tuition' students and the endowment will still keep growing.

CraigeryTheKid , in RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will leave her post on March 8 as Trump moves to install new loyalists

I don't understand how he has so much say/power over the RNC in general. I didn't know/think candidates also controlled the party.

Alto ,
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The RNC is both scared shitless by the MAGA base and enthralled with their enthusiasm

aluminiumsandworm , in New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn gift

how to be a good billionaire: give it all away at the first opportunity

no idea how much she has left, but i imagine it's still plenty to live on

DessertStorms ,
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how to be a good billionaire

No such thing. You cannot get to that point without trampling all over and exploiting others.

give it all away at the first opportunity

Similarly, a person who would do this wouldn't hoard enough to qualify in the first place

aluminiumsandworm ,

yeah fair. it seems like she got the money from her husband, but still. getting that money in the first place is inherently unethical

admiralteal ,

It takes far less money than a billion dollars be able to make world-changing charitable donations. You could, say, fund a light rail system (yes, even in a decently-sized city) or housing for every homeless person in your home town for vastly less than that.

There's only so much you can invest in yourself and your personal hobbies before there is nothing more you can realistically buy. Any normal, reasonable person, once already confronted with a luxurious lifestyle for themselves and their loves ones that will last forever, looks at all their extra money and decides it would make them feel good to make those world-changing charitable donations. And so they do it.

I'm sure everyone's point of balancing anxiety and lifestyle is different... but any reasonable person, it's WAY before they hit a billion.

In short: a normal person starts wildly giving away their wealth long before they become a billionaire. You have to be some kind of antisocial weirdo not to.

Maven ,
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If you read the summary, she didn't hoard it. Her husband did, and she gave it away pretty much immediately after he died.

DessertStorms ,
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Lol, right, I'm sure she lived a life of poverty in a shack round the back of his mansion and had nothing to do with those ill-gotten billions and the privileges they bring.. 🙄🙄

livus ,

Idk, maybe she played the long game.

Her husband has turned into a sociopathic wealth hoarder

  • divorce or
  • keep her head down so she can redistribute all of it when he's gone.

Seems like she made a legit choice to me. I'd rather someone did the right thing late than not at all - I'd save my ire for the people who don't.

Kage520 ,

Wtf is wrong with Lemmy lol. "You didn't give away all your wealth fast enough! Bad person."

DdCno1 ,

Do you want the short list or the long one?

MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown , in RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel will leave her post on March 8 as Trump moves to install new loyalists

RNC is definitely going to cover his legal judgements now.

SaltySalamander ,
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RNC has about $15m. Don't think that's going to go very far.

KyoStarr , in Donald Trump appeals $454 million judgment in New York civil fraud case

Just to make an important distinction, Trump's lawyers submitted a notice of appeal which shows their intent to appeal the ruling. They actually haven't posted the bond to actually do this yet but many news sites are glossing over this detail.

raccoona_nongrata , in Ukrainian troops pull back again as Russia's onslaught pushes ahead in eastern Ukraine
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Not "again", this was anticipated as part of the loss of Avdiivka, Ukraine is just pulling back to the fortified defense lines they had prepared, which are beyond some villages in a no man's land.

RememberTheApollo , in New York medical school eliminates tuition after $1bn gift

But textbooks are still $1,500 and there are $50k in fees.

/s. Sorta.

It’s a great gift, but tuition isn’t the only expense.

Voyajer ,
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Hopefully PDFs of medical textbooks are as easy to find as they are for engineering textbooks.

admiralteal ,

With a huge pot of money infinitely annuitized like this, they could literally be paying their students to attend.

Maybe that's the next frontier. Hopefully. It's definitely the best way to ensure access to education for the poor.

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