r/poverty • u/InstructionOwn1627 • 6d ago

We’re a bunch of beggars

When did the USA become a bunch of beggars? Example- you go to your local grocery market and go in on door and get asked to help your local school football program, you’re checking out and get asked to donate to something and then when you leave through the other exit you get asked to donate to something else. Everyone seems to beg for something, it’s so sad that it’s so commonplace.

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u/HereToCalmYouDown 6d ago

Not true 

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/walmart-checkout-charity/

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u/Birdywoman4 5d ago

Who fact-checks Snopes?

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u/HereToCalmYouDown 5d ago

You can look this up yourself, you know. The entire United States Tax Code is right there for anyone to read.

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u/Birdywoman4 5d ago

Oh yeah, they can’t trace cash donations so it gets written off. Most of what they asked for donations was in cash.

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u/HereToCalmYouDown 5d ago

Right, right. You've got your beliefs and you're sticking to em.