Re: Riding profile

On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Peter T. Chattaway
<petert-LOVM4QxV+tDq6eQxt3vRmLDks+cytr/[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, 2 Apr 2011, The Voice Of Objective Truth wrote:
>> Well, one bribe I'd appreciate is if they raised the income tax deduction
>> for charitable giving... it's ridiculous that they give you more money back
>> for donating to a political party (75% up to $300, 50% on next $800, 33%
>> after that) than to a charity (29% on anything over $200).  Though I guess
>> it's less ridiculous than self-serving on the part of politicians.
>
> Hmmm.  This might mean, on the one hand, that people are more likely to make
> political contributions rather than charitable ones.  But on the other hand,
> it could also arguably be construed to mean that when you make a charitable
> donation, you are also "donating" to government and supporting its social
> programs etc. (i.e. the programs that compete with private charities for
> money etc.) whereas when you donate to a political party you aren't donating
> all that much to your country.  Hmmm.

Interesting.  Didn't know that about political donations.  My first
thought was that people would probably rather donate to charities than
politicians.  Who would you rather help -- some guy in a suit, or a
those in need of a meal or a cure for cancer or...?

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