@kraft-t wrote:
Contributions to an IRA arte not a donation. They are an investment in a personal retirement account. Your donations to a church is a gift for the promotion of a theology
No they aren't. The money I donate only goes to the upkeep of the church, and the charity work it does. There buy no ads promoting anything. All they have is a little display board out front that says Welcome, and posts the schedule of services.
. One day the investment should pay rewards which will be taxable at that time.
Yea, my dad noticed the great rewards his IRA has paid him the last few years. Let's see...his investments dropped in value by half, while the Wall Street guys running it somehow are still riding in limos.
Your donation hasm no possibility of returning revenue to the treasury.
If it helps an addict get off the street, and into a productive job, that person will pay taxes like everyone else. We've done it with a few already.
Green peace is one choice but hardly a religion.
Exactly! They are not a religion. You implied there were no anti global warming organizations that you could donate to, and get a tax deduction, the way I can deduct my donations to the Church. It took me all of 30 seconds to find one. They are a place that is anti-global warming, that is about as non-religious as you can find, and your donations can be tax-deductable. Exactly what you challenged me to find.
There are no green peace churches isn every town with thousands of people donating on a weekly basis. You are comparing an organization with environmental concerns to ones promoting theological dogma.
You are the one who challenged me to find a GW charity that was tax deductable. Now that I have, you are moving the goalposts. However, I see a lot more ads for charities asking for money for GW, than I do to give to the church.
One is trying to perserve the environment and the other is trying to extract money from the gullible.
No, one is trying to save people's souls, and the other is trying to extract money from the gullible. The GW predictions have been no more reliable than the fake preachers doom and gloom predictions were. In a way, they are similar, in that they are both shams designed to make some people a lot of money. I am not talking about those fake churches, I am referring to the ones in the community, who genuinely want to help the community.
I buy a product from GE or any other corp, I pay for it with after tax dollars. You donate to your church, you pay with before tax dollars and frankly I am tired of it.
And the product you buy, that was made by GE, was subsidized with a couple billion dollars of US taxpayer money, and I am tired of that, as well. To top it off, those little curly -Q bulubs that GE sells, are made in CHINA!
I am more than willing to get rid of any tax breaks to our church, if all tax breaks, credits, and subsidies that go to big corporations under the 'green' umbrella are ended as well.
While we're at it, get rid of the special treatment of Wall Streeters, and Investment bankers, the oil companies, etc. Just leave a level playing field for once, and see what happens.
