Every dollar you pay can potentially help people. I don't disagree. BUT: you're blatantly ignoring the massive amounts of money that are being wasted by governm

Every dollar you pay can potentially help people. I don't disagree. BUT: you're blatantly ignoring the massive amounts of money that are being wasted by government (and I'm not talking about good universal healthcare and decent pensions here) It's all great in theory, but every single developed country wastes billions in taxpayers money every year on all sorts of irrelevant things. Politician pet projects. Projects going massively wrong and overrunning in cost at inflated prices. Inefficiencies. Etc.. I'd rather donate a healthy amount of money to a nonprofit of my choice (and yes, take the tax deduction for doing that -- can donate almost twice as much!). Those charities generally will be able to allocate said resources much more efficiently.