No, I don't assume that you only donate to one charity. I do assume that the amount you can donate to charity is capped, and that charity allocation is therefore zero-sum - a dollar you donate to the State Troopers is a dollar you haven't donated somewhere else. I agree that we need more charity, but donating to the "wrong" charity - one that does not use your money to do good effectively - is as bad as not donating.

As for how the State Troopers spend it - I would trust the paperwork.

> They tell me it’s to hand out teddy bears to kids.

This sounds like heavy sarcasm. Anyways, I do believe that “more charity” is a false conclusion. Not everything is charity, especially when the organizations are lobbying against others rights.

More so, when your own research shows that they use your money for various purposes, and other investigations show that most of these charities are corrupt.