Super rich should step up

Bob Webster | May 06, 2020

I noted today that Sydney Crosby provided 100,000 meals to Pennsylvanians this week. Good on ya Sydney!

I am always encouraged when the gigantically wealthy step in to help those less fortunate during times of crisis.

Which leads me to my question - who among the fabulously wealthy in sports, social media, fashion, major industry and tech have made suitably matching donations?

Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have set up huge foundations, originally based on their own wealth, in order to provide support for health, social, environmental and other solutions. Good on them.

But what about the others? The fashionistas (e.g. Kardashians, etc.), the sports stars (anyone from the NFL, NBA, FIA, NHL, MLB, PGA, F1, Nascar and the many other “sports” with incredibly rich participants), the champions of industry (anything in the Fortune 500), former and current tyrants focussed on stealing as much as they can from their fellow citizens, and the just plain rich - where are they when things are tough? They’re certainly around when all is going well and they can reel in the bucks. They seem to have lots of money to try to influence elections. But not so much for their common citizens of the world.

We need to stop having time and money for those who aren’t on the team when things get tough. The single parents with a couple of kids who just had their jobs disappear from COVID19 could use a bit of help from those who count their annual incomes in tens of millions or more.

Just sayin’.

Bob Webster