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As U.S. government remains gridlocked, Warren Buffett's son Howard has given Ukraine half a billion dollars (fortune.com)
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The Howard G. Buffett Foundation has given more than half a billion dollars in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded the country two years ago. And while Congress is gridlocked at the moment about supplying additional aid to the country, Buffett says he’s planning to keep giving.

Buffett, who said he had discussed the situation with his father but opted to keep those conversations private, criticized the U.S. government for dragging its feet on additional aid packages, saying, “Either we stand with NATO and fight, which is what I think the only option is, or if we say we’re not going to support NATO, we are going to be in a world of hurt down the road.”

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Goddamn. That's a good way for a billionaire to spend that money. Kudos for setting an example.

May the new philanthropic competition be who can save the most lives and benefit humanity the most.

[-] Morgoon@startrek.website 4 points 10 months ago

Funny timing, the same week the federal government announced that they're considering suing Warren Buffett for $625 million for setting California on fire several times.

[-] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 10 months ago

I thought the fires were caused by jewish space lasers?

[-] frunch@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

For real! This is the second time in 2 days I've seen billionaires give up massive amounts of wealth to good causes.

[-] Spookyghost@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

Just as their PR teams hoped this would be perceived.

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