say person A and B both donate 20,000 dollars.
person A makes 40,000 a year. they donated 50%
person B makes 200,000 a year. they donated 10%
person C comes in who makes 2 million a year. their 20,000 donation is one percent.
C could cover the first two and then his for a total of 60,000 which would still leave them with 97% of their money.
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