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> Roads, educational facilities, welfare, military, all of those expenses don’t disappear because someone decided to donate something. They also wouldn't disap
by icebraining 8y ago
> Roads, educational facilities, welfare, military, all of those expenses don’t disappear because someone decided to donate something.
They also wouldn't disappear if Morgan Freeman had decided to volunteer his labor for a foundation for free - thereby not earning any taxable income - yet the State would have to work it out. In this case, the labor donation was just done indirectly.
- lotsofpulp 8y agoThe point is that you can't tell if it was a donation, or if it was something else. Just like a donation to a certain non profit organization isn't just a donation, but buying votes, or in exchange for some other favor. The incentive to donate should be wanting to donate, there doesn't need to be anything on top of that from the government.
- icebraining 8y agoYou can't tell if unpaid volunteer work is a donation either, yet it's not taxed.