Instead of allowing tax payers to deduct their charitable donations from income Why don't we allow taxpayers to deduct such giving from their tax obligation (with a cap of course)? #mepolitics Give $10 to your church or Red Cross or @MainePublic? Take $10 directly off tax you owe
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That would be a much larger cost to the budget unless we are specifically trying to increase incentives for donations...
...which would likely come at the cost of other needed programs.
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Or perhaps we buy one less aircraft carrier For sure it would allow regular people to have a direct say in how their tax dollars are spent Even if the means is indirect
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I don't think we are in disagreement that the entire budget could use a healthy overhaul, merely pointing out that option needs trade-off
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