Gifts to charities should not be taxed with the following conditions: I would increase the charitable deductions incredibly but scrutinize the charities and people who claim the deductions themselves. Penalties for fraud regarding charity should be severe.
Government has a moral obligation to get out of the way and let people live.
Get the government out of charity and schooling
If there is one deduction it it will be fiddled with and added to. No deductions. At all. None. Give everyone in the country a stake in the taxes and spending. We have come to the present pass because we have eliminated half the population from the income tax. They have no incentive to resist new spending on themselves. They are not paying for it.