> that money _would_ have been local/state/federal money. That isn't true, only a fraction of the money would have been taxed. And that's exactly the point: W

> that money _would_ have been local/state/federal money. That isn't true, only a fraction of the money would have been taxed. And that's exactly the point: We are incentivizing people to give 5 times as much money as taxes would have been. If that money isn't allocated perfectly, well, there's 5 times as much of it, I think it'll be OK. > The government .... The government will never do a perfect job, this way we let people fill in the gaps. > they've given you the ability to appropriate government funds. You keep talking as if they deduct the full amount donated from taxes, this is simply not true.