Are Donations for Good Causes Something to Criticize?

Amancio Ortega is one of the most important business men in Spain. He is the owner of Inditex company that runs clothes shops like: Zara, Pull&Bear, Bershka and Stradivarius among others.

I think Zara is the best known of them, since it has shops on Fith Avenue of New York and other very famous commercial streets in cities like Los Angeles, London, Paris, Tokyo and, of course, Madrid.

So you can have an idea, according to Wikipedia he has wealth of 77.6 billion euros.

Today I am writing about him because there was a big polemic in Spain about his donations to the Spanish Health Public Service. The numbers are amazing. He has donated 310 million euros to fight against cancer.

Not everyone is happy though. Pablo Iglesias the leader of the left wing party called Podemos, said that any serious state wouldn't have accepted charity from a rich fellow.

The theory of this political leader is that everyone should pay enough taxes so that this charity is not needed. This theory has its logic, however I am not sure if it is really honest to say something like that.

Pablo Iglesias has also been criticized because since he started to be involved in politics, he bought a modest house by 600,000 euros. When he was asked about it, he just said it was the result of his honest work. And that is why the left wing parties says that work dignifies!