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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (4349)	2/2/2001 11:29:32 AM
From: TimF	Respond to of 82486

I was a taxpayer when the Great Society came along. Tax rates were really high then. I clearly recall opting to redirect my charitable contributions from services for the poor toward other interests after the government programs began in earnest. I don't suppose there's any way to know how much money would be raised if the programs stopped. Would private contributions fill the gap or not? I think that if welfare ended and the money saved went into tax cuts instead of other spending, then charitable contributions probably would increase, however the increase would not be as great as the reduction from the government. Quite possibly it would be considerably less. Tim