“Instead of people giving their money to charitable causes we should take it from them and let Congress decide how to spend it” is a helluva takehttps://twitter.com/V_Williamson/status/1040406395772956677 …
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Yes. At least within a country. Charity is only necessary when the state cannot fulfill its responsibility to citizens...
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So at best it enables inadequate (and inefficient use of) taxation. At worst, it allows for personal bias to creep into social decisions.
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Obviously it's not 'bad' to give to charity. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't be working towards a system where charity isn't needed.
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Define “needed”
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Difficult. Probably moving goalposts. Adam Smith had a great line about linen shirts which would be apt here...
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