MSNBC's Brian Williams is very bad at math

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@smulder

If Bloomberg gave the entire $60 billion to 330 million people it would be about $180 per person

…which is not to say that it wouldn’t still be a worthwhile thing.

The shocking number of Americans who can’t cover a $400 expense

Add the hoards of another billionaire or two, and it could make a significant difference.

World's eight richest people have same wealth as poorest 50%

Back when I worked in social work, most of our clients were people who lived on the edge of a subsistence income and had been knocked over that edge by a single event (e.g. car broke down, couldn’t afford to fix it, lost their job because they couldn’t get to work, got evicted because they couldn’t meet the rent, downward spiral). Often, a small one-off payment would allow them to get back on their feet. Just a few hundred dollars, most of the time.