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many years ago both me and my partner decided we should donate 1% of our earnings to some good cause (there seems to be a common 'meme' of giving one percent of
by andrewcooke 13y ago
many years ago both me and my partner decided we should donate 1% of our earnings to some good cause (there seems to be a common 'meme' of giving one percent of earnings - googling turns up a lot of different ideas).
it was a good idea, and we did it once, i think, before forgetting. then a few years passed, we remembered, and did it once again. and then a few more years passed and we felt bad and got our acts together...
so now paulina regularly gives to some foundation here in chile that looks after old people, and i give to the EFF (it took me some time to decide, and i am not convinced it's the most deserving thing out there, but it does reflect me and my priorities, and in the end i decided that was what was important - other people might care more about children, or puppies, but what i want is to get the underlying freedoms straight).
anyway, i'm not boasting. i just suspect other people have thought the same, and, like us, simply not got round to it for a long time. so i thought i'd try give such people a little nudge ;o)
(also, they have cool pin badges and a really ugly t-shirt)
- xbryanx 13y agoYes, it's a very old meme. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithe http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tithe And I'd consider putting 10% of my income towards social good a much better goal. It's not one that I always hit, but I think almost all of us could stand to carve this portion of our income out of our budgets, especially when it can so greatly benefit the causes we really care for. EFF is certainly one of mine.
- llamataboot 13y agoI agree. I give anything I make that is over the median income level in the US to charities or kickstarters, which is currently about 50% of my income. I just made 1% of that EFF. Maybe this is not desirable for most hackernews readers, but carving out a fixed percentage of your income is a good way to fund projects you care about.