I'm for giving. I give. I like to give. But, doing it from obligation because I have something seems to me to be screwed up. Like greasing the skids for more taxes. Like voluntary socialism.
I get a little irritated when I see these "Give back to the community" articles. I'm not fully convinced the motivation is philanthropic. I think it might be a mind game. I heard this before.
And when I see Corporate American, particularly public corporations giving money away in the name of the corporation, as a shareholder I become irritated. Who gave them the right to decide to give my money as a stockholder to someone I might not even approve of? Like Planned Parenthood.
It reminds me of:
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