J.K. Rowling, author of the
Harry Potter series, has a problem with money.
She was the first author to reach billionaire status. In 2012, however, she was dropped off Forbes’
billionaire list, because she had eroded $160 million from her fortune—enough to
drop her below the billion-dollar mark.
Rowling has a particularly
glaring spending habit.
Perhaps “spending” is an inappropriate
term.
She fell off the billionaire
list because she donated $160 million to charitable organizations. She is particularly fond of giving to organizations
whose mission is helping single parents and disadvantaged children. The famous author
was once a single mother trying to raise children on her own. She made it through that stage of her life with
the help of welfare and charitable groups.
--Mitchell Hegman
Bless J.K. Rowling and woe both to welfare recipients who abuse it as well as to those who have made it their mission to eliminate welfare.
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