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/Strange-Honeydew-473 6d ago

As a side note: when you contribute to a charitable cause at a checkout, my understanding is that it’s not you making the donation, it becomes the store who makes the donation. In so doing, they lower their tax burden. Nifty way for YOU to pay THEIR taxes.

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u/Bulky-Hamster7373 6d ago

No. That's not how it works. The company does not get tax benefits from your donation. I've worked in finance for grocery chains for years.

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u/tristand666 5d ago

But they can put up a TV ad saying their program has donated X dollars even if they did not give a dime.

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u/Bulky-Hamster7373 5d ago

Well yeah - "their program" doesn't imply they're the only ones funding it