Tax subsidies for charities

Submitted by Michael (United States), Apr 28, 2006 at 18:09

I have always felt that tax subsidies for charities are wrong, as they force all taxpayers to subsidise charities that they disagree with morally or politically - and in doing so they negate the whole idea of charity as a voluntary act.

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