The Philanthropist

Tipton was baffled by thought of someone coming to school on Career Day dressed as a billionaire.  He explained to me that it made no sense.  His words, "Why do I need so much stuff?  I don't need my own airplane or things like that."  He continued on with the fact that he is cheap.  He would much rather have a store that where one place sells an item for $20 he would sell it for $5. He wants to be the cheapest person.
The a-hah moment, a second grader and their confused vocabulary.  I explained many billionaires are cheap which is why they have so much money, or maybe they are frugal and smart.  Then I tried to help him understand that he more than likely would just be broke, no money at all, if he always sold stuff for so cheap, but that it's a good idea to offer the best deals to have business.  He thought and processed what I was explaining.  His conclusion was that he would rather just give stuff away. 
That is what I call a philanthropist.

Maybe someday this will be Tipton:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/nyregion/a-billionaire-philanthropist-struggles-to-go-broke.html?_r=0

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