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0 pointscoolso8y ago0 comments

Isn't that what charity is? You could donate 100% of your tax savings to one or more charities next year. If there's a specific government project you want to support, aren't there ways of donating money directly government organizations instead of just the IRS or the Treasury Department?

The government doesn't have to do everything; it's better when citizens take a more direct approach in my opinion.

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slg8y ago· 1 in thread

There are certain things charities don't or can't do. I can't donate to a charity and have them repair a local bridge for example. And my donation wouldn't move the needle on nearly any government project. There are hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in my situation. You can take a penny from each of them and it would beat my donation. That is the whole point of taxes, to pool our money together for the greater good. You can't run a country on just the charitable generosity of its people. Things like infrastructure would never get built in that world.

coolsoOP8y ago

> I can't donate to a charity and have them repair a local bridge for example.

You actually could probably send a check to your state/county/township/borough's public works / infrastructure fund.

> There are hundreds of thousands if not millions of people in my situation.

All of whom have the option to write a check for as much as they want to the Treasury.

> That is the whole point of taxes, to pool our money together for the greater good.

And trust me, we as Americans pay plenty in taxes, and those who disagree, are welcome to pay more - it's perfectly legal, even encouraged. The real issue is government spending.

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