r/nextfuckinglevel 1d ago

Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/Poppanaattori89 1d ago

So inspirational. I really liked this part of his speech:

"Instead of getting the free education you deserve, here's some dirty money that I don't deserve to try to distract you from the fact that I don't deserve it."

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u/Cuffuf 1d ago

I mean he does deserve it he just also deserves the same 90% tax bracket that we used to have back in the 20th century.