Cornell University

[u/Timbucktwo1230]

[u/Idiotwithaphone79]

I am not well off and, English is not my first language. With that being said, does "50% bequest of my estate" mean this dude was going to leave half of his earthly belongings to the school he went to? If this comment is too far off the point of the comment, please disregard it as I'm not trying to diminish his message. I'm just trying to understand it all the way through. Thanks and, sorry if it's a bit ranty.

[u/bachelurkette → u/Idiotwithaphone79]

Right. like, pick literally any real charity, dude. crazy town

[u/External_Gas5606 → u/bachelurkette]

Financial aid is charity. Keeps these elite schools full of more normal people.

I would agree of the money goes toward sports complexes and such. That's not charity

[u/koyaani → u/External_Gas5606]

Estate tax and public funding would be better

[u/External_Gas5606 → u/koyaani]

Ideally yes

[u/surenopemaybe → u/koyaani]

Then the schools would be beholden to the government. Didn’t Trump try to shut down Harvard? They told him to fuck off because they have billions in endowments and can be totally independent of the whims of politicians. Universities should be independent of politics and strive for truth, being dependent on the government for money endangers that.

[u/curvedmanifolds → u/koyaani]

If my grandma had wheels she'd be a bike

[u/koyaani → u/curvedmanifolds]

No, that's been her nickname around town for decades