Don’t do it for the tax deduction.
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March 4th, 2009 at 11:44 am
Not sure that is linear…maybe more exponential!
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March 4th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
I heard somewhere that the independent axis was actually “Good Feelings”, in that the happier a person is, the more likely they are to donate money or time, and not that donating money or time makes one happier. They did some study or other, but I can’t remember any more than that. Sorry to all the empiricists for lack of specificity.
But just do good deeds anyway, right?
March 4th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Something else to think about - your good deeds often improve the feelings of others. They, in turn, will sometimes do good deeds for others as a sort of repayment (I’ve seen this at the non-profit where I volunteer.) Adds a whole new dimension…
March 4th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
So true!
This is probably my favorite post so far =)
March 4th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
there’s a page on my site dedicated entirely to this theory.
March 4th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Sadly, our western culture has driven an opposite doctrine for too long. Make your cash grab and live it up. Those with the most toys win.
This post hits it right on. A clean conscience and a valuable relationship cannot be bought but they can be earned through love and respect.
March 4th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Sign up now. For whatever.
March 4th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
The axes could also be switched …
March 4th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
I’m waiting for a bunch of people to start doing a bunch of good deeds for me. I love making other people feel good by having them do stuff for me!
March 4th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
like getting married for a tax purposes.
not so good ..
March 5th, 2009 at 12:41 am
That is a nice feeling!
March 5th, 2009 at 6:40 am
Thank you. Needed this today.
March 5th, 2009 at 6:47 am
I’m quite happy to do it for the tax deduction, better going to a charity than the UK Government!
March 5th, 2009 at 11:07 am
Where’s the Z axis of punishment?
March 7th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Hey I don’t know how fact-based this diagram is, but I for one am pro- good deeds. And I agree with the graph’s conclusion.
So there, all you Ayn Randians!
March 7th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Not FOR the tax deduction, but the tax deduction helps my family do more than we otherwise would.
So I guess we do help some charities that we otherwise would not (some things are more core to my family than others), largely because of the tax deduction.
March 7th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
Most good deeds aren’t even eligible for tax deductions, so you’re working on good feelings alone. And sometimes it isn’t even the good feelings — it’s just second nature!
March 10th, 2009 at 10:11 am
its exponential!!
March 10th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Lynn has it right, you don’t do it FOR the tax deduction, but the tax deduction makes it easier to give to charity because you don’t have to worry about the money you give away.
Since Obama is getting rid of tax deductions for charitable donations (which is our author’s cheery proclamation here, that it shouldn’t matter) the government is basically punishing companies for giving to charity. If you give to charity you have to pay the government a large chunk out of the rest of your remaining funds. A lot of people will think “why do it if I am going to actually be punished for it?”
But then again, as Obama has only ever given a grand total of 2% of his personal wealth to charity, and Biden has given less that .5% of his, he has already proved that he couldn’t give a damn about private charity.
They have both spent their entire careers taking other people’s money by force and giving that away rather than actually giving anything from their own bank accounts.
/Yes, I am calling them hypocrites.