KingCondanomation
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I've always believed that Liberals are not really interested in being charitable but in directing forced charity through government.
Private charities do what they do to help people, they cost less as volunteers staff them more, they care more about what they do because that is the main reason for people to volunteer and they do what they do without force, just relying on voluntary help.
Government does none of this.
Now the far left with it's grip on the Democrat party is not only encouraging people to give less with cuts to tax deductions but trying to overregulate charities with affirmative action type divisive racist policies.
"Charitable foundations fear new restrictions
THE world of philanthropy faces a three-pronged attack. First, philanthropic institutions have been hit by the impact of recession on charitable giving. Next, last month, Barack Obama’s budget proposed to limit tax deductions on donations by individuals earning over $200,000. But America’s proud charitable foundations are also worried about another threat: political pressure to increase the “diversity” of their employees, with hints of racial and sexual quotas on employment and even on recipients.
In a paper released on March 12th the Philanthropy Roundtable, a group based in Washington, DC, described this diversity initiative, first instigated in 2007 by the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, as a shakedown for the benefit of the already privileged professional elite in the minority workforce (that is, blacks and Latinos). Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute thinks this “diversity police” will discourage personal giving by diverting charities from their true objectives and will transform foundations into job-creation schemes for minorities. "
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13334046
Private charities do what they do to help people, they cost less as volunteers staff them more, they care more about what they do because that is the main reason for people to volunteer and they do what they do without force, just relying on voluntary help.
Government does none of this.
Now the far left with it's grip on the Democrat party is not only encouraging people to give less with cuts to tax deductions but trying to overregulate charities with affirmative action type divisive racist policies.
"Charitable foundations fear new restrictions
THE world of philanthropy faces a three-pronged attack. First, philanthropic institutions have been hit by the impact of recession on charitable giving. Next, last month, Barack Obama’s budget proposed to limit tax deductions on donations by individuals earning over $200,000. But America’s proud charitable foundations are also worried about another threat: political pressure to increase the “diversity” of their employees, with hints of racial and sexual quotas on employment and even on recipients.
In a paper released on March 12th the Philanthropy Roundtable, a group based in Washington, DC, described this diversity initiative, first instigated in 2007 by the Berkeley-based Greenlining Institute, as a shakedown for the benefit of the already privileged professional elite in the minority workforce (that is, blacks and Latinos). Heather MacDonald of the Manhattan Institute thinks this “diversity police” will discourage personal giving by diverting charities from their true objectives and will transform foundations into job-creation schemes for minorities. "
http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13334046