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HuMaN NatUrE! (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So.. wtf is the problem? They're donating. Why aren't you happy?

It’s another way billionaires are taking away power from the common people. They are donating money and reducing their taxes by doing so. What it effectively means is that instead of the democratically elected government deciding on what causes that money is spent on, the billionaires get to decide instead.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So essentially... for example, billionaires are not funding wars, is that right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

More like billionaires donating ‘charities’ that push a certain agenda, e.g. the NRA, instead paying taxes that can be spent on things likje public schools or libraries.

Or they just create their own ‘charity’ that supports whatever political goals they have.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm honestly not trying to get a rise out of you.. but I don't see a problem with this:

The National Rifle Association (NRA) Foundation donates to charities through its grant program. The NRA Foundation's grants support organizations and programs that promote safe and responsible firearms ownership, shooting sports, and hunting safety. The grants also fund education and training programs, community outreach, and research into firearms safety and marksmanship. The NRA Foundation's State Fund Grant Program provides financial support, supplies, and equipment to local groups and programs that serve youth, women, veterans, law enforcement, the disabled, and the general public.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

The problem is that the billionaires get to decide how the money is spent, instead of ‘we the people’. You are basically giving them control over how that tax money is used.