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Originally Posted by ianch99
Interesting point. Some thoughts:
- she decides how the money is allocated. Is she the best person to do this?
- did she "earn" this money?
- would it not have been better if the Amazon employees to be better paid in the first place and Mr & Mrs Bezos to have less billions?
Don't forget, the system is a closed(ish) one. If some have disproportionately more, a great many will have less. Having less when you struggle to make ends meet means a more for them than a billionaire having less billions.
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OK, to answer your points
it's her money, if its a choice between her deciding or the money not being made available then yes, it's fair for her to decide.
legally, yes, she did earn the money
Amazon employees recently received a raise increase in the US to $15ph and in the UK to £9.50PH
Another one for you to consider, the Bill & Melinda (Gates) foundation is working it's way towards giving $60Bn away in the form of various initiatives.
There are wealthy people who do a lot of good in the world.
Here's a US article from a couple of years ago for you to look at
http://money.com/money/4543503/wealt...-philanthropy/
returning back to the pay amazon employees more, that's not how it works. if you were to start paying low skilled employees a significant increase on salaries then the salaries for skilled employees are going to rise also. costs of living, inflation increasing etc. leaving the low skilled/low paid employees exactly where they were with a much devalued currency