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Only a cool 0.3% of their combined networth.
Your point? Would you donate half of everything you own or all of it? Probably not. At least they're helping.
People complaining about rich people not donating more are hypocrites, cause I don't see any of you donating too or donating the percentage of what you earn/ have in the bank that you think they should be donating.
They're giving the equivalent of 150$ for someone who make 50k/year... In isolation I would say that yes many people donate a higher % of their income.
Realistically, it's one of many causes they donate to.
Hell if you've given your pocket change to a panhandler in the last few years you're probably being more generous, comparatively