My dear @rabbit-habits and @radiodread, can I take this opportunity to tell u how much I appreciate your impeccable taste and giant hearts? (& not in a creepy way :P ;))
This is like, a perfect example of how tricky charitable acts by the ruling class are. Take most of something then give back a small amount.
Seriously. This is what it looks like when conservatives say private charity will replace the social welfare state. The generous billions of dollars taken from the rich to spend protecting the poor and the environment will be replaced by a slight trickle of millions, given only at the pleasure of the rich.
$78,000 is .0039% of $2bil in case you were wondering
he gave back less than .01% of what he cut
Not to mention the “friends and neighbors take care of their own” old chestnut/myth doesn’t apply if you don’t have either (not to mention if you’re not religious)…. >:/
Interviewer: The vast majority of your books deal with either horror or the supernatural. What drew you toward those subjects?
Stephen King: It's built in. That's all. The first movie I ever saw was a horror movie. It was Bambi. When that little deer gets caught in a forest fire, I was terrified, but I was also exhilarated. I can't explain it.
