On 12/16/13, 4:05 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 11:49:09 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

The rich give to help the rich:

As an article published on Salon recently pointed out, the rich have a
tendency to give generously to institutions and endowments that serve
“their kind” and not the needy.

[A] large portion of the charitable deductions now claimed by
America’s wealthy are for donations to culture palaces – operas, art
museums, symphonies, and theaters – where they spend their leisure time
hobnobbing with other wealthy benefactors.

Another portion is for contributions to the elite prep schools and
universities they once attended or want their children to attend. (Such
institutions typically give preference in admissions, a kind of
affirmative action, to applicants and “legacies” whose parents have been
notably generous.)

Art museums and Ivy League schools need money too, of course, but so do
the nation’s hungry and homeless. A dollar donated to an art museum
gives you the same amount of tax deductions as one spent at a soup
kitchen. The numbers do not favor the poor, either. The Washington Post
found that around 70% of all charitable contributions went to charities
that do not specifically help the poor.

http://tinyurl.com/qhxbmlj

It is interesting watching Harry trashing places of arts, culture and
universities.
I bet you don't talk like this among your elitist friends.



I am not trashing "places of art, culture and universities." Perhaps if
your language skills were of a higher level, you'd realize that. I
merely lifted a few quotes from an article. It points out that
charitable giving, which many people think helps the poor, too often
does not.

I'll be on the lookout for articles that discuss what really happens to
funds donated to christian churches that take those funds and
build...larger churches, bigger homes for their pastors, et cetera.
That's not the same as running a homeless shelter, a soup kitchen, or
distributing food and clothing to those in need.

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