"I was told when I grew up I could be anything I wanted: a fireman, a policeman, a doctor - even President, it seemed. And for the first time in the history of mankind, something new, called an astronaut. But like so many kids brought up on a steady diet of Westerns, I always wanted to be the avenging cowboy hero—that lone voice in the wilderness, fighting corruption and evil wherever I found it, and standing for freedom, truth and justice. And in my heart of hearts I still track the remnants of that dream wherever I go, in my endless ride into the setting sun." - Bill Hicks, R.I.P. 1961 - 1994 Albums: -Dangerous (1990) -Relentless (1992) -Marble Head Johnson (1992) -Arizona Bay (1997) -Rant in E-Minor (1997) -Love, Laughter and Truth (2002) -Flying Saucer Tour Vol. 1 (2002) -Shock and Awe (2003) -Salvation (2005) -Lo-Fi Troubadour (2010) Video/DVD: -Sane Man (Available on Netflix: Streaming) (1989) -One Night Stand (1991) -Ninja Bachelor Party (1991) -Relentless (1992) -Revelations (1993) -Bill Hicks Live: Satirist, Social Critic, Stand-up Comedian (Available on Netflix: Streaming)(1994) -American: The Bill Hicks Story (Available on Netflix: Streaming)(2009) -On Letterman Your Friendly Moderators: Pandyland Scarletmachine SkaterboyTae
Jeff Bezos currently has a net worth of $133.2 billion.
It’s remarkable to me that he could personally afford to fix Puerto Rico’s critical infrastructure, and still be among the top 10 billionaires in the USA afterwards. He could afford to completely repair Puerto Rico and still have enough money to be in the top 20.
Jeff Bezos could afford to personally end world hunger for a year and still be among the top 10 US billionaires. He could feed the entire planet for 3 years and still be in the top 20.
If you had $133.2 billion in a savings account with an interest rate of 0.06% (the average rate), you would receive $79.9 million in interest every year without having to do anything. All he needs to do is keep breathing, and he will make 57 times more this year than an average US citizen will make in their entire lifetime.
He could spend $80 million this year and would not even notice its absence.
It’s estimated that it would take $55 million and a year of work to fix Flint, MI’s water supply.
It’s interesting to me that we frame a lot of issues as costing money.
Unhoused folk cost money to house.
Disabled folk cost money, too.
Immigrants cost money.
Trans folk cost money.
Nobody ever says, “Hey, how much does Jeff Bezos cost?” “How much does it cost us to have Elon Musk around, hoarding his money?” “What’s it costing us to have all these fabulously wealthy people?”
It’s costing us a lot more than we ever talk about. Not just because their hoarding of wealth takes that money out of circulation and contributes directly to poverty and the spiralling cost to human beings everywhere.
Also because things are being framed in this way, because we are being forced to think of ourselves and others in terms of cartoon dollar symbols.
That is not a natural state of affairs for humans, it is not something that is morally defensible, and it is something that eats away at each of us in different ways depending on our position vis à vis wealth.
You are never too expensive to deserve to live.
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