phyridean t1_isdshyx wrote on October 15, 2022 at 5:00 AM

Reply to comment by ArrowRobber in TIL that before Lincoln Center could reward David Geffen's $100 Million donation by renaming "Avery Fisher Hall" to "David Geffen Hall", they had to pay the heirs of Fisher - the original donor - $15 million. Geffen's donation has a provision that requires his name to be on the hall "in perpetuity". by AspireAgain

Hey look, you've just invented taxation, which is how we should be funding public goods in the first place, instead of operating on rich folks' whims!

ArrowRobber t1_isdya0b wrote on October 15, 2022 at 6:11 AM

This is a framework of rich-person-vanity-license plates.

Nothing is in perpetuity no matter how much one pays, guarantee a new generation can get stuff named after them.