Comments on: Compulsory Charity http://declineofgenius.com/ethics/compulsory-charity-15012010/ ... and the decline of genius was soon followed by the corruption of taste. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 00:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Firepower http://declineofgenius.com/ethics/compulsory-charity-15012010/#comment-78 Firepower Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:31:08 +0000 http://declineofgenius.com/?p=166#comment-78 According to the Federal government, Goldman Sachs <i>is</i> a charity. According to the Federal government, Goldman Sachs is a charity.

]]> By: Ronduck http://declineofgenius.com/ethics/compulsory-charity-15012010/#comment-44 Ronduck Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:33:23 +0000 http://declineofgenius.com/?p=166#comment-44 Ok, ok, sarcasm aside corporate charity is wrong. Ok, ok, sarcasm aside corporate charity is wrong.

]]> By: Genius http://declineofgenius.com/ethics/compulsory-charity-15012010/#comment-42 Genius Sat, 16 Jan 2010 15:55:05 +0000 http://declineofgenius.com/?p=166#comment-42 <em>The state is nice enough…</em> I love the state. The state is nice enough…

I love the state.

]]> By: Ronduck http://declineofgenius.com/ethics/compulsory-charity-15012010/#comment-38 Ronduck Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:54:17 +0000 http://declineofgenius.com/?p=166#comment-38 The state is nice enough to let you deduct your giving from the amount of your taxable income. A decade ago I read Further Up the Organization by Robert Townsend and in one of his sections he stated that corporate charity is one of the more asinine things companies attempt to do. Townsend stated that it is better that the company worry about its customers and pay its employees enough that they can donate to charity themselves, if they so choose. The state is nice enough to let you deduct your giving from the amount of your taxable income. A decade ago I read Further Up the Organization by Robert Townsend and in one of his sections he stated that corporate charity is one of the more asinine things companies attempt to do. Townsend stated that it is better that the company worry about its customers and pay its employees enough that they can donate to charity themselves, if they so choose.

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