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MineralMan

(146,317 posts)
Fri Dec 21, 2018, 11:44 AM Dec 2018

About Billion Dollar GoFundMe Campaigns

So, the GoFundMe campaign for The Great Wall of Trump has raised $11 Million so far. Let's look at that, shall we:

If that effort gets repeated about 99 times, $1 Billion will have been raised. Almost 100 times more money will be needed just to raise 20% of the $5 Billion Trump wants. Think about it.

So far, in four days, the drive has raised about 1.1% of just $1 Billion. 1.1%. At the current pace, which probably can't be maintained, it will take over a year to get to the $1 Billion mark.

A billion is a big number. It's 1000 millions.

There's not a prayer of reaching that goal through crowdfunding on the Internet. Not a chance.

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About Billion Dollar GoFundMe Campaigns (Original Post) MineralMan Dec 2018 OP
I just read HAB911 Dec 2018 #1

HAB911

(8,893 posts)
1. I just read
Sat Dec 22, 2018, 03:29 PM
Dec 2018

that GoFundMe takes 2.9% "payment processing fee" + .30 per each individual donation and it will take an act of congress for any money to get to DHS rather than the general fund AND the guy running the thing ran conspiracy sites. The whole thing is a joke

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