What will the cities reactions be, if these non-profits close their city offices, and move to suburban office parks? What will they do if their demands for “voluntary” contributions trigger the reaction of simply shutting down their city offices? Then the cities are left with nothing, right? The economic activity generated by the jobs which used to be in these buildings will be gone. The lunch hour spending, shopping, etc. by workers who were in the city will now happen outside the city borders.
Don’t liberals like charities? If these non-profits are compelled to make “voluntary” donations to the cities, they will have less to fund their charitable mission. Do the liberals really want to hurt charitable organizations this way????
No!
Liberals only like charities which they control through grants. Otherwise, charities are competing against the government and liberals love government.
Just think of all the things government does today that used to be done by charities.
“Don’t liberals like charities? If these non-profits are compelled to make “voluntary” donations to the cities, they will have less to fund their charitable mission. Do the liberals really want to hurt charitable organizations this way????”
I honestly think they don’t care. Big Gov is the answer to everything for them. The Koch Brothers can set up cancer research foundations, Rush Limbaugh can donate millions, etc, and it simply doesn’t matter. Attempting to better human lives in some substantive way is irrelevant. George Soros will still be their hero because he’s all about Utopian Big Gov.
But what can I say, why bang your head against the wall searching for the answer? Sometimes it’s better to admit the obvious: it’s a mental disorder.
City governments chased out industry by taxing them. They chased out the rich and middle-class residents by taxing them. Now they’re going to drive out the charities, too. What’s left? Poor people and the government who knows what’s best for them.