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LiberalFighter

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7. And the only reason the 1% give to great charities is because

Reply to applegrove (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 23, 2017, 10:27 PM

Dec 2017

they benefited from tax breaks. Money from those tax breaks should had gone into the government coffers to pay for services and other programs that does more for people.

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Charities fear tax bill could turn philanthropy into a pursuit only for the rich [View all] applegrove Dec 2017 OP

Boy the GOP really resent the less well off. applegrove Dec 2017 #1

Unless you are in the top 10 pct, they want you dead. roamer65 Dec 2017 #2

The 1% give to 'charities' from which they benefit Cirque du So-What Dec 2017 #3

Some in the 1% give to great charities. But you can be assured that the middle class gives applegrove Dec 2017 #4

And the only reason the 1% give to great charities is because LiberalFighter Dec 2017 #7

Some rich people are good people and will not stop because of income applegrove Dec 2017 #8

Those few good people are only some of the total people that are rich. LiberalFighter Dec 2017 #11

"charitable donations" will go towards the kind of thing that rich people can put their names on renate Dec 2017 #5

The tax cuts would appear to moondust Dec 2017 #6

Maybe if it gets those awful donate ur car commercials off the radio dembotoz Dec 2017 #9

That's what happened in the '80s. Igel Dec 2017 #10