They Need To Do The Math

Beware!
Rant coming.

Doncha hate... nope. No H-bombs... Doncha highly dislike hearing people complain about the money they don't have by slamming those who do? And inevitably they pop off with some variation of a statement to the effect that "he/she should just share it with me/the rest of us." Usually, it's "ME" and not "the rest of us." People have a tendency to be greedy with other peoples money. So I took 10 minutes with Google and crunched the numbers. We'll take Trump as an example, since he is standing right in the middle of the worlds spotlight at the moment. His net worth is approximately 3.1 Billion. That's a whole lotta greenbacks. Now, let's take the population of the good ole USA. Approximately 323 million. That's a whole lotta breathing humans. If Trump were in a monkish mood to take a vow of poverty, then proceed to give up all his worldly possessions, once he liquefies them into cash, by sharing equally with every man, women and child in the US, how much do you think your palm would be blessed with? 

How bout I show you the numbers?

3.1 Billion divided by 323 million = $9.60

All 323 million of us would get a whopping $9.60. 

That's right, one more time,
NINE DOLLARS AND SIXTY CENTS.
And that's gonna put Trump in the red because of the "round up." The actual number is 9.59752321981. Well, let's not stop there. (It's okay to assume there are liberal round ups/round downs and approximates from here on.) Let's subtract 78 million under the age of 18. Children wouldn't know what to do with such a windfall. So, 

3.1 Billion divided by 245 million = $12.65

Hey! You can safely buy 2 cups of coffee from Starbucks with that! Wait, we're not done.

Let's say that the 4.7 million criminals (this number includes those incarcerated, those on parole and those on probation) don't qualify for this money.

3.1 Billion divided by 240 million = $12.92

I admit I'm having trouble thinking of what an additional 27 cents might purchase. Perhaps that should go into a savings account. But, wait, there's more. Since we live in a patriarchal society let's eliminate the female gender from the equation. (Please note that this exercise is not gender biased. If this were a matriarchal society, I would be eliminating men.) 

3.1 Billion divided by 115 million =  $26.96

This assures every qualifying man in the USA can step into a 99 Restaurant and have a single dinner. Or skip dinner and share a few celebratory drinks with friends instead. All right, let's be fair and say that our patriarchal society is a caring society, and Trump chooses to split his money equally, but only among those living at poverty level in the USA.

3.1 Billion divided by 43.1 million = $71.93

That's a couple tanks of gas to get to and from work and to the grocery store for a couple of weeks, depending on the car. If there's a car to put the gas in. Did I also hear "All I need is one million. He could spare that easily."

Riiiiight.
There's that greed I mentioned.

Who's gonna decide which 3,100 people out of 323,000,000,000 he should give a million to?

Who among us is worthy to decide?

Good luck winning that lottery.
To those who think it's not "fair" that he have so much, if Trump walked up and handed over 10 bucks right now, would that be good enough? It is, after all, the "fair" share.

Rant done.