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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Well maybe. I'm not going to speak for anyone else, but he did just say it is "expected". I don't know if there is anything wrong with that. We "expect" pretty much everyone to do just a little bit. I "expect" someone with 250 million bucks to donate to charity, just like I expect myself to do the same even though I only have 25 dollars (in change).
If it came about that he donated exactly zero dollars to charity in 2007 wouldn't you think he's a cheapskate? I would, so I guess I expect him to spread a bit of it around.
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This is more in line with what I was getting at. Put it this way: those with the means to give extravagantly who are not doing so are contributing more to what is wrong with this world than they are to fixing it.
I agree to an extent with Cowperson: Good for Tom Cruise to give so much: but this is somewhat relative, is it not? Is it any different than if I give pocket change to someone needing bus fare? It is called human decency, and my point is that we don't see enough of it.