donate all the time, but the US tax system caps my donation deduction to 650… Is there some loop hole where i can actuallly deduct evetything i donate?
Edit: I see, i need to itemize…
Some context, if you need it. I know I did:
https://www.insider.com/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-oprah-winfrey-backlash-maui-wildfire-fund-2023-9
Their goal is not to get you to help Maui. Their goal is to get you to subsidize their tax evasion. It’s a massive loophole in the tax system which is why every rich asshole has a charity or foundation these days.
They already pay more taxes than you and they are gathering donations for a great cause. Some people are never grateful no matter what you do
We are trying to be realistic when talking about the real causes behind what the wealthy class does anything
Yes, some do it for the good, but to a point we all know they are playong the tax game
á la Panama papers
They’re doing their part by using their platform to spread awareness of the issue and get people to chip in. No good deed goes unpunished.
Anytime I see “Awareness”, I see it as a laundering of donation mnbey to an executive board.
This is the thread I’ve been waiting for my whole life
Statement is very true. Everytime my grocery store asks for donations at the cash, I just tell the cashier no and the billion dollar company should just do it themselves and not use me as a tax write off.
They typically are shocked and don’t know how to reply. It’s quite amusing.
Yeah wow you really owned that cashier who is neither a billionaire nor responsible for decisions made by their employer. You sound like a douche.
I listen to a podcast debunking Alex Jones. He tells stories exactly in the same fashion, but usually about face masks not working, Covid denial, or some new world order nonsense. Including the whole cashier was shocked or thanked him blah blah blah. Insufferable.
Are you comparing me to that idiot who talked about gay frogs? Lol
We all have faults, and some that echo terrible people. Like I ramble and talk too much, not very concise and to the point. Alex Jones also has that fault, though I’m pretty sure he intentionally weaponizes it, while I just wallow in self hatred while doing the very thing I hate about myself.
They are the face of the company. I was never rude to them. I state why I don’t donate to billionaires and leave it at that. At no point is there an argument or name calling like you just did.
This is why retail sucks. Just pay for your stuff.
I do…don’t ask me to donate to a billionaire if you don’t want to hear my reason why I don’t. It’s always polite, you idiots seem to think I’m being an aggressive asshole.
As if the cashier is trying to engage in a discussion of class. As if they aren’t paid to ask. Just say no and feel secure with your own reasons without having to justify yourself. It’s like when I worked at ace hardware in high school and every boomer would need to tell me how dumb it is to phase out incandescent light bulbs. Trying to preach to someone about your convictions against their will is so pointless and annoying.
Or…I can address questions that are asked to me and provide me reasoning in a non condescending way to hopefully educate others on the subject…
Who’s preaching…I’m not starting the topic of discussion, they are. In your words, they are being paid to start this conversation. I don’t go shopping to be asked to give money for nothing, so if they open with that discussion they will know my reasoning for not donating.
Don’t see what your frustration with manufacture changes has to do with a company directly begging for free money from its customers but ok…
They must start the topic to have the job. They likely already know. They likely don’t care. Your game forces them to pretend to care. You are holding them hostage because their genuine reaction would be to ignore you but they can’t do that while working. You are causing them mental pain. You are forcing them to be something they aren’t until you leave.
They typically are shocked and don’t know how to reply. It’s quite amusing.
Or they just don’t have enough energy and paycheck to deal with your bullshit.
Seriously, is this what you think eating the rich looks like? Being an asshole to public-facing workers?
It’s not being an asshole…it’s called giving my opinion. They ask, I give. Why just say no like a mindless sheep…maybe the cashier’s will listen and stop asking. They are paid to ring up products, not beg.
If the rich fucker was there, I’d be a real asshole. What I do, is only considered by weak minded people who can’t be offended by anything.
yet they have the energy to beg for money for a billion dollar corporation?
it’s called keeping your shitty job because you don’t have the choice or privilege to tell them otherwise.
Thank you for showing that you’ve never worked a day in your life or have the privilege to say whatever you want without consequence.
Their job is to ring up products, not beg for money from customers.
Except if their caught not asking they get in trouble, how many donations they get are probably also tracked. They have to ask to keep their minimum wage job, stop being an asshole
I’m not being an asshole. If their job demands they talk to me avout a subject, why is it bad that I also talk about the subject?
You stop being the asshole
Nobody firing you over that shit lol stop being such a wimp at work.
