"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Hold on hoss... tax breaks? Who takes up the slack when some charity gets
the tax break??? You and me. So, putting it off on a charity and then
offering the charity a tax break is a zero sum game.

Wrong. If charities can fund the needs of some of the indigent, the
government doesn't have to. Less government spending, less taxation.
(ideally) Charities, inefficient as they sometimes are, have been shown to
be substantially more cost-effective than government programs attending to
the needs of the same needy people.

Max