metadope 4 hours ago

I'm not sure I understand what is being reported here.

Was $6.25 billion dollars actually donated, as stated by the APNews headline?

Or is this one of those far-in-the-future revocable promises that may or may not become real?

So APNews is now a public relations flack, regurgitating press release verbatim?

  • ZeroGravitas 3 hours ago

    What I got from the story was that the government is going to start donating $1000 to each child born from July 4th 2026 and the Dells are going to donate $250 dollars to 25 million children under 10 in poorer areas.

    These will go into index linked investments and be withdrawable when the child reaches 18.

    • Y_Y 2 hours ago

      I wonder then is there a side benefit in "forcing" these kids to take long positions on big stocks that are locked in until at least 2044.

  • bigbadfeline 2 hours ago

    Dell promises to add some dough to the government funded accounts that buy Dell and other shares - it legitimizes the mandatory propping up of inflated share prices. That's the real purpose of these accounts, Dell's promises and libertarian ideology.