• downpunxx
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    245 months ago

    Fun Fact: Rosa Parks was pretty much financially destitute in her later years, and the founder of Little Caesars Pizza stepped in and made sure her rent was paid, and she wanted for nothing for the rest of her life. True Story.

    • @dohpaz42
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      155 months ago

      His name was Mike Ilitch, and he had a lot of philanthropic endeavors. We need more people like him in the world. 🫡

      • @Zachariah
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        145 months ago

        Or we could just have our taxes go into funding services for citizens instead of lining the pockets of leaches on the system. Then we wouldn’t have to worry about the whims of rich people.

        • @dohpaz42
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          45 months ago

          You are absolutely correct!

          We shouldn’t have to depend on the whims of citizens (rich or otherwise) to fund basic necessities for our neighbors. This goes beyond rich people philanthropy; it extends to schools and classrooms, where each year not only are we given a list of items to get for our kid, there are items the teachers need (like printer paper, glue, etc) too. The throughout the year there are fundraisers, boosterthons, and fun-runs all so the school can afford updating and fixing the building or providing needed equipment for the staff. Then of course, our current healthcare system (the one at gofundme.com) that relies on donations from the community to see whether or not people can get much needed healthcare services…

          Yeah, we’re fucked.

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        5 months ago

        Except for he also donated a lot to anti-women groups too. Which just goes to show people are capable of many things at once.

        • @dohpaz42
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          15 months ago

          I’m trying to read up on this, but I’m not sure what I should be searching for. Would you be able to point me in the right direction?

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            35 months ago

            My apologies, I confused him with Tom Monaghan. Of Domino’s. I have been assured Mike Illitch was in fact quite decent.

            We regret the error and will correct the offending item.

    • @Mango
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      45 months ago

      It’s wayyy to ironic that this picture is a post 2 cards up from this post. 🤣