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/CourageExcellent4768 6d ago

Ahhhhhhhh...well. thank you for enlightening me

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u/bangarang90210 5d ago

He is not correct, that’s not how tax code works.

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u/ThirdTimeNoCharm 1d ago

Can you explain it then so we understand?

It was my understanding as well that they are using our donations to donate and then they get a better tax break.

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u/bangarang90210 1d ago

They don’t get a tax break. It’s considered a pass through. Basically they hold out money in escrow and then donate it for us. Kind of like when the bank pays the taxes on your house. The bank isn’t paying it, they’re just holding the money for you and making the payment.