"Because we're rich as hell, and we don't need it all"

[Texacon]

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210028644

"Because we're rich as hell, and we don't need it all"

http://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=21888028

SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich offered a simple reason Tuesday before the team's 109-97 win over the Brooklyn Nets when asked why charitable endeavors are important to him.

"Because we're rich as hell, and we don't need it all, and other people need it," Popovich said. "Then, you're an ass if you don't give it. Pretty simple."

Having spent considerable time and money working with several charities and nonprofits such as the San Antonio Food Bank and Shoes That Fit, with which he partnered in October to deliver shoes to more than 200 students at Gates Elementary, as well as the Innocence Project, Popovich has been vocal about serving the community.

In fact, several of Popovich's charitable efforts go unpublicized, such as the donation (which sources called "substantial" ) that he made to relief in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which ravaged the home of U.S. Virgin Islands native Tim Duncan, a former Spur and future Hall of Famer.

Popovich is currently in the process of trying to help raise proceeds to benefit J/P HRO, which runs relief programs in Haiti, and a coalition of disaster relief organizations in the U.S. and Caribbean with a focus on Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, Haiti and Antigua/Barbuda through an auction in which the winning bidder and a guest can watch the Spurs face the Lakers on Jan. 11 at the Staples Center.

I'm glad he's being a good steward of his money.  But .... I know you didn't see this coming;

unblock (34,814 posts)

1. we need more of this attitude. measure success by how much you give, not how much you hoard.

C Moon (5,119 posts)

10. No. We need to do something about some people being that rich,

while the majority of the country works 2 jobs and can't own a home.

You knew it was coming, didn't you.  I tried to pull a fast one and make you think it wasn't, but you knew.

So, C Moon, how much would you take from him?  What is he 'allowed' to keep of his own money in your world?  And if you take it, do you think he will still be giving as much?  Can you spend it better than he is?

C Moon, I notice you have a STAR beside your name, yet a lot of your fellow DUmmies do not.  Have you not bought all of them a star?  That seems so unfair that you have a star yet some DUmmies must go without.

I wonder if this coach would still give as much if he really knew what these people are after ...

KC

[SVPete]

Envy is an ugly thing ... and a way of life on DU.

DU should start by cleaning up their own backyard, their gated-community-meme-priestess kpete, that Euro-name-dropper and other DUers of that ilk.

[Texacon]

Envy is an ugly thing ... and a way of life on DU.

DU should start by cleaning up their own backyard, their gated-community-meme-priestess kpete, that Euro-name-dropper and other DUers of that ilk.

No kidding. Man, if these people got their way they would kill almost every rich person and take their stuff.  But, I'd bet you dollars to donuts the split amongst them would not be even.  The first person to get to the pile would carry off as much as they could hold.

When I had an account there I asked for a definition of greed and received nothing of substance in return.  It was like asking them to describe a color to a blind person, they simply had no concept of what I was asking.

To me, greed is perfectly described as; someone who has not earned something, demanding something from someone who earned it.  Pretty simple.  If you're not willing to get it yourself, don't demand it from those who worked for it.

KC

[Tucker]

That whole thing reeks of Karl Marx and his ideal society.

I remember reading about housing allotments in Communist Russia. You could only live in housing approved by the state. A single person with no children could not live in a three bedroom dwelling. All single people were equal. Same as what this DUmmy proposes. All employment have equal status. The doctor would be paid the same rate as the janitor.

[Old n Grumpy]

Star Member Beartracks (6,963 posts)
15. Charity is good. But reducing the need for it...

... is probably better.

Exactly, do away with welfare and make those on it learn to fend for themselves

However this is totally unconscionable to democrats as then the AA's and latino's have no reason to vote for them.