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Originally Posted by Jinto
Besides, I don't really like the charity instrument for one specific reason. It was synaesthetic who once wrote that she feels a lot more uncomfortable to receive aid from church based charities, because they are biased towards her. So, if everyone was donating for charity (in this case some church) - the maximum, tax deductible amount of income - than this would be equivalent to the government out sourcing subsidies for the poor to churches/religous organizations. I would prefer an unbiased support if I was poor. |
Simple solution: Don't class churches(and other religious organisations) as charitable organisations. I know of several countries that do this.
There are plenty of great secular charities that come to mind to (for instance, Doctors/Engineers without borders).