1. You feel that you giving to the Mercy Corps is comparable to Romney giving to the LDS church, even though Mercy Corps is obviously the superior choice for you.
I didn't make a judgement (and have no information as to the correctness of) where Tim imagines Romney's charitable deductions go. I'm questioning Tim's implication that giving to 'society' is important.
2. The rest of the world has no impact on your society, but you like humans well enough to help them anyway.
Helping people is important. 'Society' (American or otherwise) is an abstract concept that can take care of itself, if the people are ok.
I have no idea whether giving to the LDS church helps people, or whether that's where much, most, or all of Romney's charitable deductions go. I suspect that people who give to churches do that because they think that doing so helps people, or perhaps because they think it helps society, or maybe just because they thing God requires it.
The rest of your questions mostly rely on the correctness of things I never said, nor intended to imply.
*edit to remove snarky subject line*
I didn't make a judgement (and have no information as to the correctness of) where Tim imagines Romney's charitable deductions go. I'm questioning Tim's implication that giving to 'society' is important.
2. The rest of the world has no impact on your society, but you like humans well enough to help them anyway.
Helping people is important. 'Society' (American or otherwise) is an abstract concept that can take care of itself, if the people are ok.
I have no idea whether giving to the LDS church helps people, or whether that's where much, most, or all of Romney's charitable deductions go. I suspect that people who give to churches do that because they think that doing so helps people, or perhaps because they think it helps society, or maybe just because they thing God requires it.
The rest of your questions mostly rely on the correctness of things I never said, nor intended to imply.
*edit to remove snarky subject line*
Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion.
This message last edited by aerocontrols on 23/09/2012 at 09:23:24 PM
Taxes and Charity
- 23/09/2012 04:57:07 AM
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Proof that Burr is ..... 
- 23/09/2012 05:05:37 AM
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- 23/09/2012 05:05:37 AM
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Voting.
- 23/09/2012 06:43:12 AM
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Joel = Fool ; I vote every year, are you just saying random things now? *NM*
- 25/09/2012 01:42:49 AM
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"I am proud to say that I didn't vote for anyone in 2004."-Anonymous2000
- 25/09/2012 01:52:00 AM
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Do you have a reading comprehension problem? 
- 25/09/2012 02:54:28 AM
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- 25/09/2012 02:54:28 AM
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"Anyone" means "anyone;" perhaps you have a writing comprehension problem.
- 25/09/2012 03:39:11 AM
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Joel = Moron
- 25/09/2012 04:37:15 AM
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The statement was ambiguous, hence I was not the only one who read it as I did.
- 25/09/2012 05:19:46 AM
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I imagine much of Romney's charitable giving is to the Mormon Church.
- 23/09/2012 12:08:45 PM
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Almost all of my charitable giving goes to Mercy Corps
- 23/09/2012 03:48:30 PM
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Let me see how I interpret this post...
- 23/09/2012 04:56:20 PM
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huh?
- 23/09/2012 06:49:52 PM
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I would argue that "our society" includes the rest of the world as well. *NM*
- 26/09/2012 03:24:02 PM
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Is the Mormon Church not part of society? But that issue is part of why I favor taxation. *NM*
- 23/09/2012 10:14:39 PM
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I'm part of society too. Does that mean I'm as worthy a recipient of money as the public purse? *NM*
- 23/09/2012 10:37:31 PM
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If you can get the IRS to certify you as a 501(c)(3), then yes. If not, no. *NM*
- 23/09/2012 11:07:13 PM
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To whatever extent that we should support charity beyond taxation, yes, you are, IMO.
- 24/09/2012 03:56:31 AM
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I agree with you
- 24/09/2012 11:25:14 AM
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I DISagree with both of you.
- 25/09/2012 02:36:05 AM
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Re: I DISagree with both of you.
- 25/09/2012 02:26:16 PM
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The difference there is between non-profit and for-profit organizations.
- 26/09/2012 04:09:00 AM
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At the risk of sounding like a fundamentalist...
- 23/09/2012 11:05:14 PM
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Local symphonies are usually charities
- 23/09/2012 11:21:07 PM
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Yes - cultural and educational non-profits are usually tax-deductible.
- 24/09/2012 01:57:13 PM
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Re: Yes - cultural and educational non-profits are usually tax-deductible.
- 24/09/2012 02:58:17 PM
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will you count Scientology as a church?
- 26/09/2012 03:26:53 PM
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Unrelated business income is taxable under IRC 511. You know that.
- 27/09/2012 11:31:45 PM
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Let's look at this from a different point of view....
- 24/09/2012 11:51:43 PM
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I covered that point of view in my response. 
- 25/09/2012 03:31:38 AM
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- 25/09/2012 03:31:38 AM
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I routinely do not read your posts (including this one)... Too long.
- 25/09/2012 04:12:24 PM
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Relating a typically long and tortuous experience with (private) bureaucracy was itself protracted.
- 26/09/2012 04:15:35 AM
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