Billionaires Offer $250 To Children In $150,000 Zip Codes To Teach Struggle

KEY POINTS

•Ray Dalio and his wife Barbara committed $250 each to 300,000 Connecticut children from middle-income zip codes.
•BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Nvidia, and Dell also pledged various amounts funding new Trump Accounts starting July 4, 2026.
•The government will give $1,000 tax-free to children born between 2025 and 2028, with parents controlling accounts until kids turn 18.

Ray Dalio, hedge fund guru and CEO of Bridgewater Associates, and his wife Barbara are proudly donating $250 to exactly 300,000 Connecticut kids whose family incomes max out at a casual $150,000—because apparently, that counts as 'less' in the billionaire lexicon. This benevolent gift is part of Trump’s new 'Trump Accounts' initiative, by which every kid born between 2025 and 2028 gets a sneaky $1,000 start to financial literacy, exclusively managed by their parents until they turn 18. Meanwhile, BlackRock queues up to match the government’s $1,000 donation for their employees, David Solomon of Goldman Sachs and Jensen Huang of Nvidia join the caviar-passing parade, and Michael & Susan Dell recently tossed a bloated $6.25 billion into 25 million American kids' accounts—as if generosity needed a leader board. Launch date? July 4, 2026, perfect timing to slap patriotism on a slightly confusing roll-out. Meanwhile, Dalio’s press folks have gone radio silent, presumably practicing ‘tough negotiating techniques’ for future donations or just perfecting avoidance.

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Nothing screams 'helping kids' like billionaires throwing $250 at rich Connecticut zip codes while calling it financial literacy. We’re all hopelessly mediocre drivers of these life carpool lanes.

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