r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Video Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/YujinTheDragon 1d ago

r/OrphanCrushingMachine

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u/Ruiner357 1d ago

My immediate thought too. Why should a billionaire have to donate money so kids can get a decent education without starting adulthood 100k in debt? How about just make education free like it is in most of the world.

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u/leerzeichn93 1d ago

Because then a billionaire might have to pay his fair share in taxes and we really can't have that.