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Re:Why I’m Giving $1.8B for College Financial Aid by Retric on Monday November 19, 2018 @08:21AM (#18486201)
If you donate 100 $ and then get X dollars rebated from your taxes you donated 100 - X dollars.
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Re:Why I’m Giving $1.8B for College Financial Aid by michaelt on Monday November 19, 2018 @08:36AM (#18486281)
What do you think should be the difference in tax between a rich business owner donating money directly from their company, and a regular joe donating money from their paycheck?

And what do you think the current difference in tax is?

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Re:Why I’m Giving $1.8B for College Financial Aid by Retric on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:26AM (#18486571)
I am not making an argument for what should be, only what is.

Companies also get tax deductions. Should or should not is a different issue, but currently they do.

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