Are you stupid or just not listening? I don't care WHAT month it is (and it's OCTOBER, not "breast cancer awareness month," for cryin' out loud!)...
DO NOT GIVE ANYTHING to charity through your PUBLICLY-HELD CORPORATION.
DO NOT GIVE ANYTHING to charity through your PUBLICLY-HELD CORPORATION.
DO NOT GIVE ANYTHING to charity through your PUBLICLY-HELD CORPORATION.
Everyone knows about gift matching but what you DON'T REALIZE is that it's just another TRICK TO AVOID PAYING TAXES. That's right, you don't think Corporations give money to charities for free, do you? - THEY GIVE TO CHARITIES FOR THE TAX WRITE-OFFS - THAT'S RIGHT, and ONLY FOR THE TAX WRITE-OFFS!
BANKAMERIKA doesn't give a crap that your wife has breast cancer or your kid has Autism, nor does GENERAL ELECTRIC, VERIZON, EXXON-MOBIL or any OTHER PUBLICLY-HELD CORPSE. I'm calling them "CORPSES" from now on...
When you see those headlines about the Corpse YOU WORK FOR not paying any taxes last year, how does that make you feel? HELPING THEM PAY NO TAXES, even though their actual tax rate is 35%... THIRTY-FIVE PERCENT!! When was the last time your tax preparer was SO GOOD YOU PAID NO TAXES AT 28%, 24%, 15% EVEN - HOW ABOUT NEVER??? No matter how much money I've EVER MADE IN A YEAR, there has always been a tax liability - NOT SO for the big, publicly held Corpses we're trying to make pay their fair share, for using our highways, railroads and air transport systems FOR FREE.
Your Corpse isn't generous, it has no heart, no soul, no mind - it is operated by human beings who hide their REAL WEALTH inside the walls of the beast, telling you only the 7-figure salaries they must do at the end of the year, while their "shares" in the Corpses are worth MILLIONS MORE to those few at the top who DENY AMERICANS JOBS AND THE REVENUES TO RUN AMERICA PROPERLY.
SO DON'T DO IT! GIVE PRIVATELY TO WHOMEVER YOU WANT!! GIFT-MATCH ONLY THOSE CORPORATIONS THAT ARE WORTHY, AFTER YOU EXAMINE THEIR RETURNS, LIKE NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO FOR INSTANCE... (or keithwolftv, LOL...) That's right, study the tax returns of the Corpses you do business with and only give through those YOU BELIEVE are paying their fair share of income taxes...
Bottom line: "Corporate giving" takes YOUR NAME OUT of it, gives credit to tax-cheating Corpses that don't deserve it, and takes money away from our kids, our parents and our Government of the USA, those who NEED THOSE TAX DOLLARS...
"SON, DON'T DO IT!!!"