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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:44:50 AM EST
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The Rock made $64.5 million in 2016. He recently made a huge deal about donating $25,000 to the flood victims in Texas. Let put this into perspective. $25,000 of $64.5 million is 0.04%. If an average person is making $60,000 per year, that is equivalent to them donating $23. A whole $23. Literally the size of a good eat out meal. I get donating but why brag about it? What a joke. http://www.tmz.com/2017/08/29/the-rock-kevin-hart-hurricane-harvey-relief-fund-donation/ how much has FDJT given? And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous" |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:53:05 AM EST
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how much has FDJT given? And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The Rock made $64.5 million in 2016. He recently made a huge deal about donating $25,000 to the flood victims in Texas. Let put this into perspective. $25,000 of $64.5 million is 0.04%. If an average person is making $60,000 per year, that is equivalent to them donating $23. A whole $23. Literally the size of a good eat out meal. I get donating but why brag about it? What a joke. http://www.tmz.com/2017/08/29/the-rock-kevin-hart-hurricane-harvey-relief-fund-donation/ how much has FDJT given? And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous" |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:59:38 AM EST
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OK. So I'm going to ask you to go quote where OP said he should give more because he makes more. Or quote where he said that the Rock should donate a higher percentage than the rest of us. Wow. I can't hardly push through this thread for all the straw men clogging up every post. OP doesn't like someone making a spectacle of their giving. Big deal. I don't either. If you want to disagree with OP because you don't think The Rock was being an attention whore, have at it. But at least hate on him for what he said, not hate on him for what he didn't. If it was just about bragging that he donated, he wouldn't have brought up what he made vs what he donated in a percentage base. That post, the way it's written, comes off as he should have gave more because he made more than other people donating. He has since realized that and clarified his point, which I understand. But by all means stay on that high horse and makes excuses for not reading the thread. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 2:17:53 AM EST
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Op is an idiot. Johnson was called out by another celebrity to donate $25k. The original celebrity donated $25k and is trying to get a bunch of celebrities to donate $25k. The original guy, can't remember his name, is hoping it will catch on and a lot of celebrities donate $25k each. They can donate more if they want but the original challenge is $25k. Someone else said this thread is stupid. Its idiotic for sure. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 6:54:27 AM EST
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And in this thread we see people bitching anr crying.... Good for Hart and the Rock, more than I can give.
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Posted: 8/31/2017 8:06:17 AM EST
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Well since the federal taxpayer is getting stuck with the bill & he pays federal income tax on $64.5M every year - I'd say he already gave more than his "fair share..." |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 8:23:35 AM EST
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What percentage of your income did you give? |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 8:24:17 AM EST
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Well, if you're rich enough, you can get around that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Well since the federal taxpayer is getting stuck with the bill & he pays federal income tax on $64.5M every year - I'd say he already gave more than his "fair share..." |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 8:29:02 AM EST
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who cares, he has no ties to Texas like JJ or Sandra do. how much has Bill Gates,, Oprah, Hillary, or Barack donated? |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 9:57:08 AM EST
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"...$23. Literally the size of a good eat out meal."
Golden Corral or Applebee's? 
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Posted: 8/31/2017 10:45:30 AM EST
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In this thread I learn how much people love the POS liberal The Rock and dislike math. Definitely didn't go the way I planned. 
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Posted: 8/31/2017 10:48:29 AM EST
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You don't even live in Texas and you're "complaining" about a donation from one of the very "few" celebrities that did donate? Jeesh.
   
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Posted: 8/31/2017 10:51:49 AM EST
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how much has FDJT given?  And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous"   
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Posted: 8/31/2017 10:53:02 AM EST
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99.9% chance has has helped out more than your ever have or ever will help out anyone. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The Rock made $64.5 million in 2016. He recently made a huge deal about donating $25,000 to the flood victims in Texas. Let put this into perspective. $25,000 of $64.5 million is 0.04%. If an average person is making $60,000 per year, that is equivalent to them donating $23. A whole $23. Literally the size of a good eat out meal. I get donating but why brag about it? What a joke. http://www.tmz.com/2017/08/29/the-rock-kevin-hart-hurricane-harvey-relief-fund-donation/ how much has FDJT given? And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous"
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Posted: 8/31/2017 10:54:54 AM EST
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At least you get it. Donate what you can, just don't brag about it. I cant stand people who brag about what they give. Let alone when it literally means nothing to you. Be humble and move on. Have you? |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:02:35 AM EST
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In this thread I learn how much people love the POS liberal The Rock and dislike math. Definitely didn't go the way I planned. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:07:24 AM EST
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"WHAHHhh, Duh Rock needs to pay HIS FAIR SHARE!!!! Duuurppp"
O.P. is a closet communist. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:23:29 AM EST
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I bet OP thinks just because someone makes 1 million dollars a year, somehow their debt to society or use of public resources is different than someone who makes 60k. Because if you actually take time to read what he wrote and think about it a moment, he criticized the Rock for making a big deal about his donation. He didn't say he should have given more, or a higher percentage of his income or that he was obligated to give anything at all. It's like some people in here can't even understand what they read. Some of you are doing to the OP the exact thing you hate and harp on when the left calls you a racist for wanting a border wall. OP can be fine with or even not care about Johnson's giving and not like it that (in his eyes) Johnson is bragging about it. He may be wrong about whether or not Johnson is bragging versus challenging others to match. But for so many to take that criticism and then flip into OP being part of the FSA or a statist who wants to seize Johnson's assets because he rich? I mean, WTF. You do the very same thing (rush to judgment and make assumptions about someone's motives) that you are bitching about him doing to the Rock. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:34:59 AM EST
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you talk shit about the man drawing attention to himself(likely to help encourage others to donate) then you brag about how much more you donated,you clearly earn big $ as I'm sure your supermodel wife does as well so you should really donate some more.  "And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, “Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had.” I didn't read OP's response as bragging about his donation. He was furthering the same point about drawing attention to your giving. The idea that giving from your surplus, while still helpful, really isn't much of a virtue and isn't something to draw attention to yourself over is a fair point to make. In this case, the Rock's actions may not have been about bragging. They may have been all about trying to encourage and challenge others to give. I don't know which it is. But OP wasn't bragging about what he gave. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:38:51 AM EST
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sanc·ti·mo·ni·ous [sangk-tuh-moh-nee-uh s] adjective derogatory making a show of being morally superior to other people. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:40:35 AM EST
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Holy fuck this thread is stupid. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:41:14 AM EST
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This thread is dildos and OP should be ashamed. Take your SJW, anti- 1%, capitalism hating, liberty shunning shenanigans <---- to DU. 
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:42:40 AM EST
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:42:41 AM EST
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About 1.4%. So basically 37x what the Rock did. He still gave more and did more good than you did. Your donation didn't magically buy more than his. Good on you for donating, but maybe you should MYOB. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:43:34 AM EST
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At least you get it. Donate what you can, just don't brag about it. I cant stand people who brag about what they give. Let alone when it literally means nothing to you. Be humble and move on. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:47:32 AM EST
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And that was how much? |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:51:11 AM EST
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From each according to his ability, eh Tovarisch? You've never, in your life, seen someone crow over something they did and you thought to yourself "umm, that isn't that big a deal"? As intelligent human beings, we are perfectly capable of appreciating the usefulness of a gift no matter how selfish the motive of the giver is. But at the same time, that doesn't mean we can't also understand that they might still be a selfish prick even though they want us to praise them for it. You can do both at the same time. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:57:09 AM EST
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OP is looking for a reason to be outraged. Like some other people we know.
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:58:26 AM EST
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Maybe you guys are reading this the wrong way. That's his character, always has been over the top. The WWE is making a big deal about this in general. WWE superstar Booker T. is in Houston with his family and the WWE is pushing for donations. If you ask a WWE fan, The Rock is probably doing the same thing. He's reaching out to his fans, and showing them in character what can be done for the folks in Houston. Be a badass and give.
Anyway off topic I learned my lesson about the Red Cross when I was in Louisiana after Katrina. So what charities do you guys know will actually help? |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 11:59:28 AM EST
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Are you that dense? It's in his first post. He's implying it because Johnson made 64mil last year and only donated 25k which is .04% of that income. If it was just about bragging that he donated, he wouldn't have brought up what he made vs what he donated in a percentage base. That post, the way it's written, comes off as he should have gave more because he made more than other people donating. He has since realized that and clarified his point, which I understand. But by all means stay on that high horse and makes excuses for not reading the thread. Kinda like how he's bashing on the Rock for assuming that he was bragging instead of participating in a charity challenge? Gotcha.
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Posted: 8/31/2017 12:01:28 PM EST
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Good on him for the donation, 25k will help people out.
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Posted: 8/31/2017 12:11:34 PM EST
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Why do you care how much someone else makes or how much someone else donates?
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Posted: 8/31/2017 12:17:43 PM EST
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I see people saying giving to Red Cross is a waste of money.
Which orgs are gtg? |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 12:28:12 PM EST
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It's none of my business how much he or anyone else gives.
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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:19:30 PM EST
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His money, his business.
The "joke" is criticizing people for their philanthropy. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:38:58 PM EST
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waaaaaaaaaa
I would thank him for $25,000 |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:40:20 PM EST
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How in the blue fuck are you supposed to stay wealthy if you give all your money away?
Shit, $25,000 is a lot of cash to just hand out no matter how rich you are. Dwayne Johnson always seems like a good guy. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:42:58 PM EST
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In this thread I learn how much people love the POS liberal The Rock and dislike math. Definitely didn't go the way I planned.
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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:43:04 PM EST
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I had no idea The Rock made a donation or was bragging about it until this thread.
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Posted: 8/31/2017 1:53:41 PM EST
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1. Just because he made over 60 million dollars doesn't mean he has it sitting in the bank easily accessible. 2. What he does with his money is his business. The guy works like crazy. When he's shooting movies he only sleeps about 4 hours a night. 3. He's a t-shirt and jeans kinda guy that drives an older model F150. (Last I heard)
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Glad someone mentioned this. Theyre calling it the Harvey challenge..Kevin Hart was the one who called out the rock. Good stuff. He is also helping via his own charities. Someone else said this thread is stupid. Its idiotic for sure. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 2:06:52 PM EST
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What percentage of your income did you give? |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 2:23:14 PM EST
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how much has FDJT given? And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous" How much did the previous president ever donate to things like this? How much from the Clintons? Republicans donate much more to charity than the Dems. Is antifa filling sandbags? BLM? Sarsour? CNN? |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 2:30:18 PM EST
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ITT, OP rags on someone who voluntarily gives 25K to charity because OP feels it's not enough.
Little did he realize, it only makes OP look small. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 2:34:18 PM EST
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Who cares. At least he gave something.
I donated 50 bucks to a church down there that's sheltering people. Peanuts but if everyone donated a little bit they'd have billions to play with. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 3:17:21 PM EST
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how much has FDJT given? And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous" Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The Rock made $64.5 million in 2016. He recently made a huge deal about donating $25,000 to the flood victims in Texas. Let put this into perspective. $25,000 of $64.5 million is 0.04%. If an average person is making $60,000 per year, that is equivalent to them donating $23. A whole $23. Literally the size of a good eat out meal. I get donating but why brag about it? What a joke. http://www.tmz.com/2017/08/29/the-rock-kevin-hart-hurricane-harvey-relief-fund-donation/ how much has FDJT given? And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous" |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 3:21:17 PM EST
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Who gives a fuck what percentage of his income it is?
Its still $25,000. Do you think the people that will be putting that money to use will recognize what a small percentage of his income it represents? Will his $25,000 not buy as much because it was a smaller percentage? Fucking people.
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Posted: 8/31/2017 3:23:58 PM EST
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how much has FDJT given? And I don't mean "wow thanks for being here, so many of you hurricane victims showed up to the shelter so you could listen to my speech, this is tremendous" *snicker* You shit all over the keyboard just a little too soon. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 3:25:58 PM EST
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Who gives a fuck what percentage of his income it is? Its still $25,000. Do you think the people that will be putting that money to use will recognize what a small percentage of his income it represents? Will his $25,000 not buy as much because it was a smaller percentage? Fucking people. The dude gave money. He didn't have to do shit and he did. |
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Posted: 8/31/2017 3:27:53 PM EST
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dont really see the problem. people at any income level that dont give anything
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Posted: 8/31/2017 3:28:36 PM EST
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FTR
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