On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 8:56 PM, David Hobby<hob...@newpaltz.edu> wrote:
>(Anyway, aren't charitable > contributions tax-deductible?) You do realize that tax-deductible means that your taxes are reduced by some fraction of the amount you donate, not the whole amount? Less than half, in fact. > For all I know, you could actually be spending all your > money on things that hurt the common good. So the above > is not a very convincing argument. There are also people who cheat on their taxes. And those who commit fraud to get government money that they are not legally entitled to. I do not assume that your views are invalid because you might possibly be one of those people. > I think we both want things to be "fair" as we perceive > it. You're worried about your money being spent on > people who don't deserve it. I'm not that concerned > about that, and am prepared to accept a bit of waste. But apparently you are also prepared to accept waste of other people's money. How is it fair for you to waste other people's money? _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
