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Originally Posted by Redlan
 And many of these people donate a lot of money to charity, employ a lot of people and contribute to the community and the welfare of their employees, present Flames ownership included. I have had a personal experience with the generosity of one Flames owner who paid out of pocket for over $30,000 for my health expenses. This narrative either reeks of jealousy or is a complete lack of an knowledge - or both. Yes they make money, how would you be different if you could be as finacially successful? Give it all away?  |
As a matter of fact: yes, I would. I worked in the Philanthropy field for over two decades and am highly familiar with the work of various named and anonymous donors. The ones who don't have their names attached to gifts are FAR more interesting in my books.
And that's nice that someone donated money for your health expenses (really, I do mean that). It still doesn't mean that the public should put more cash in his/her pocket so that they, as taxpayers, can't attend hockey games. Logically non-constructive.
You want the rock star of giving away money? Mackenzie Scott.
She's taken greedy Jeff's money and made him look like a total miser. $14 BILLION of her original net worth of $38 Billion post-divorce. Call it 1/3 of her settlement. I doubt that ANY current Flames owner comes anywhere vaguely close to that. In fact if they hit 10% I'd be surprised. (Harley and Doc well may have eclipsed that fraction.)