Weekly Peeves

Let me know what your current pet-hates are.

Here’s mine for this week 1:

Billionaires pledging to give away all their fortune – is it perhaps more expedient to stop a amassing wealth after you’ve made your first billion? Not sure I get the need to amass 4, 5, 50 …. billion in the first place, never mind later pledging to give it all to charity. How much money can an individual enjoyably spend in a lifetime, bearing in mind most of us wish to be active and working till at least the age of 55. Assuming most people die by the age of 90, that only leaves about 35 years to spend money accumulated through all those years of hard work. So, why amass so much wealth? Perhaps they can just pay their employees a bit more for starter