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gomarlins3

Actually, it isn't. Michael made $80 million last year so he donated 1/8th of his salary for the year. I know I couldn't afford to donate 1/8th of my salary. It's all relative folks like it or not.

b00stn

Actually it is. You are obviously not making 80 million a year so the comparison is not the same. Its not so much pocket change as it would be for people like Bill Gates etc. but seriously, donate 10 and still have 70 million for that year. It will not change the way he lives even the slightest.

Anyways, very nice of him and goes to show that there are still generous people out there.

MDXLuvr

$10 million is not chump change.

Hey why don't you guys put in 1/8th of you annual salary before you start commenting.

Lice Locket

Yea, this thing is pretty personal to a lot of ppl. Leo DiCaprio filmed The Beach there, and donated some stuff too. I have relatives in Indonesia, and thank god, none of them were hurt bad.

$10 million is a lot. I haven't heard any other single person/celebrity donating that much yet (and yea, maybe a lot of celebrities are keepign it quiet, cuz it may be personal to them too).

gomarlins3

Exactly!!

rai

WPS

what did bill gates dontate. i think i remember him donating a billion to aids research

cyber_x

Simply looking at it as 1/8 of his annual salary is oversimplistic. If we'd been making tens of millions of dollars beyond what we needed to live comfortably for years and years, then we'd all be in great shape to make a big donation as well. Unfortunately, most of us don't make that much in excess of what we need.

That having been said, $10 million is a shitload of money for anyone, celebrity or not.

PedalFaster

I don't know if he gave specifically to the tsunami victims, but the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has an unbelievable endowment -- $27 billion.

Steve