Posted on 01/16/2015 5:27:05 PM PST by BlatherNaut
Because public employees work so much harder, get paid so much less and are so much more efficient than those that work for charitable organizations.
/S (like I really need to tell you that this is sarcasm)
You can't eliminate the deduction unless you eliminate the tax.
Cardinal O’Connor of NYC wrote a book in which he disclosed that the cost of a Catholic education was 1/3 that of a public education. And that was back when a Catholic education was something, indeed.
>> progressive Catholic magazine Commonweal
The Po-po is a progressive Catholic. I bet he subscribes to this Marxist rag.
Ending any kind of voluntary donation to charity or even restaurant tips have been a long time target of the Socialists.
The best argument in favor of eliminating the charitable deduction is that a lot of charities are little more than well-organized rackets.
Even though Catholics are fairly dependable Democrat voters public employees are even more so.
Quigley is an idiot, a socialist idiot. When does the state have enough money? Never. Only with total control will the state’s lust for money and power be satiated. Even then the money will be worthless as no goods will be produced.
Government is the king of rackets.
“His argument rests primarily upon the twin beliefs that the U.S. social safety net is too thin and that lost revenues from charitable contribution deductibility would be better spent on governmental social welfare programs.”
All after the Federal Leviathan takes its “cut” of the action naturally.
You may be on to something...
>> a lot of charities are little more than well-organized rackets.
The bulk of my charitable contributions go to my (Christian) church.
It is NOT!!! a “racket”.
“and that lost revenues from charitable contribution deductibility would be better spent on governmental social welfare programs.”
Because the federal government is so much more efficient at dispensing funds to the appropriate protected classes.
Trusting the IRS to do the right thing with your money is truly foolish. The USA has spent almost $20 TRILLION on the War on Poverty since LBJ had the bright idea of buying Black votes with taxpayer money. How did that turn out?
Religious faith in government is a religion without separation of church and state.
The Government is “too big to fail” and we will prove it by stealing or sucking the last dollar and drop of blood out of your mangy carcass. Or at least that’s how I understand this ‘professor’s’ contention.
I agree that churches should not be exempt under the 501(c)3 rules because they never should’ve taken government largesse. God will provide for the purposes he intends. That said, true believers will give to their conviction no matter what.
Under Quigley's plan, taxpayers' discretionary charitable donations which are at present directed to churches, veterans' groups, or other qualified organizations would be sucked up by Leviathan to pay for government welfare programs.
So?
What's your beef?
That's only an average of $40.8 Billion a year, unadjusted for inflation.
Obviously we have not spent enough yet, and are losing the 49-year old war. Poverty seems to have increased every year.
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