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Where is the argument? This whole thing has been about my personal feeling that charity can do good work .. and does, though not always (and never said it always did). I then sinced immense negativity from northeast, not toward me, but toward being charitable.

northeast, you claim my feeling that charity can be good thing is merely blind faith. Are you suggesting that charities create more harm than good is based upon empirical data?
 
northeast said:
yes, I do, sorry, ha ha , good joke, smiley face.
also
personal attacks are not conjecture
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You have got to be the whiniest poster on this forum. You should just go ahead and report me for calling you crusty, hater, incoherent, delirious and get it over with ... assuming you haven't already.
 
Since you ask, I do suggest that people are predisposed to thinking that charities are good , without thinking much about the full ramifications of having them, both good and bad. I think that the tax benefits afforded to charities generally do more harm than good.
 
good lawdy mama Archie moses, I positive repped you to even that up, just so you wouldn't cry anymore , but there you go again. jeeeeeeze. Plus i apologized, and explained I was just joking.
but you don't mention that do you?
My net rep towards you is neutral, admit it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11



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06-30-2012 09:30 PM
Archie Moses
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You realize I am the original Moses, right? We're even now.
 
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northeast said:
Since you ask, I do suggest that people are predisposed to thinking that charities are good , without thinking much about the full ramifications of having them, both good and bad. I think that the tax benefits afforded to charities generally do more harm than good.
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Is that based on the notion that taxing things makes things better in and of itself? I don't really understand what harm you think not taxing something has, unless you are opposed to what the charity does with the extra money.
 
Charities have many negative consequences.
One of those is that they are used by some people to avoid paying a fair share of taxes.
I like fairness.

I do not think that taxing things makes things better.
If I were King, there would be less government, and less taxes, and a simpler tax system.
However, I do not think that there should be no government.

I do not think that there should be people accumulating great wealth tax free to use for selfish purposes.
 
Just curious. Are you aware that by donating $10,000 to a charity and thereby writing off said $10,000 does not wipe out the entire $10,000?
 
depends on the details.

was it a real donation or a made up one?
was it cash?
a junky car with an overstated value?
how about stock with large unrealized capital gains?
what kickbacks are given?
favors?
jobs for friends and family?
ski trips? wine and cheese parties?
ambassador positions?
acceptance at a top university?
 
Let's assume cash. Cars, for example, have become much more difficult to gain tax advatages by giving them to charity .. so let's keep it simple.
 
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