The Times is wringing its socialist hands over the fact that individuals are actually deciding which charities should get their money. Government you see allocates money "democratically" whereas we don't give enough to social services as the Times thinks we should. If democratic means 50 cents of every dollar being sucked up by Washington and then spent on the Woodstock museum, then we have different definitions of the term. Inefficient and corrupt would be more like it.
At least charities have to answer and respond directly to their donors or see their funds dry up. No such luck when you are forced by government to give to whatever squeaky wheel is getting the grease.
Finland is used as the country we should emulate because they take 48.8% of GDP (Yikes!!) in taxes as opposed to our mere 25.5%. Never mind that Finland's social spending is completely unsustainable especially since its population is expected to decrease in the future.
The Times also thinks that charities should allow government to have a say in their spending in exchange for their tax free status. They take spending dollars from Gov't ya know.
Call The Times socialist, fascist, statist, whatever. This editorial alone reveals their contempt for individual liberty. We can be thankful their circulation continues to dwindle.
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