This actually goes well beyond the Koch Bros. Angered by charitable giving. The Left will claim, and the media will parrot, that the Kochs and others are avoiding taxes with their donations. They never address the fact that the deduction is one third of the actual amount and that the donor does not keep the other two thirds. Their complaint is that the donor is deciding where his money will be spent. And every good Progressive believes only the Progressive Elites in govt should decide where money is to be used and spent. Someone on Huff Post even openly advocated ending the deduction for charity, not because it would recoup the one third but because it would defund those institutions not deemed worthy and allow govt to spend where it pleased.
Lets see who else avoids taxes by charitable donations... Seems now that Obama is making a hefty income he now gives more than his 22% of his income to charity... prior he gave around 2%... Now what would be the reason for that 20% increase in giving? Oh, yes, I know... he evolved!