Caporegime
Tax deductible charity donations? I imagine the accounts are still working things out.
BREAKING: Paris landmark, Notre Dame Cathedral, is on fire!
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No, do it for the immortality.
It's always a weird criticism that kind of thing. Like people donating to charity for the vanity or whatever. Who cares?! They're making a difference.
In this case though this article is a joke. One sentence explains it all:
"They want to know what exactly their money is being spent on and if they agree to it before they hand it over, and not just to pay employees' salaries."
Makes total sense but maybe the catholic church isn't use to that.
Soldato
You don't just call someone up say "Oh, put $40m dollars in this sort code and account number, thanks". This story is stupid.
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Millionaires are good with money shocker! Of course they should know how it's being spent.
Man of Honour
Don't see why a single billionaire or even multi millionaire doesn't just sort it all out in one swoop. They'd instantly become the peoples hero as well. Standard optics politics as it stands these days I guess....
Soldato
Yeah, I don't see the issue with withholding funds until there's some sort of plan on how it'll be spent.
I just stumbled upon this article, definitely worth a look.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/16/world/europe/notre-dame.html
Best viewed on PC, the page is remarkably well done.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/16/world/europe/notre-dame.html
Best viewed on PC, the page is remarkably well done.
super Diddums very interesting.....do more posts like this and your **** status will be gone
Crap, I can't let that happen!
That is really cool!
Don't worry... just give me a heads up if you make too many sensible posts and I'll make sure to throw in some additional **** posts to ensure some balance is restored to the universe.
Caporegime
Outstanding article. Massively impressed by the decisions of the firefighters and their bravery as well. High fives all round!
Imagine not instantly handing over hundreds of millions of € to people with no plan.
Just make a shopping list and a list of people in charge so the billionaires can see they're funding a proper job not a circus.
Owning a massive wreck doesn't turn you into a project organising mastermind after all.
Just make a shopping list and a list of people in charge so the billionaires can see they're funding a proper job not a circus.
Owning a massive wreck doesn't turn you into a project organising mastermind after all.
Caporegime
Yes, because who needs employees to do things!
Is there any suggestion that they don't have enough money to pay their employees?
Caporegime
The employees needed to mount a massive reconstruction project are a bit different from those needed to operate the cathedral normally, no?
It doesn't make any sense to interpret the statement that way. Firstly, the people doing the reconstruction will be contractors not employees.
Caporegime
If you assume good faith from the "donors" then, yes, I'd agree but the whole thing seems very much like an excuse not to actually pay up, combined with a condescending attitude towards the people who are actually guiding the restoration.