Letters to the Editor
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To the tither....
So your 10% goes to charity, huh? I'd feel all warm and fuzzy for you, except that such "gifts" are only charity in so far as our ridiculous tax system is biased to favor "faith-based" nonsense rather than real solutions to poverty, suffering, etc. Check any major economic study of church charity and see just how little of your 10% goes to the "needy." It goes to pay for church infrastructure, salaries for church officials, and for outreach programs designed to make people feel sufficiently bad about themselves that they need to turn to someone for comfort. And guess who's there to provide that comfort? The church, with, of course, the collection plate right behind. Nice scam.
So, sure, you give a tad to the poor, but a lot less than someone who paid taxes on that money instead of writing it off. And your "stimulus" check is coming right out of the mouths of the needy (and your own pockets via interest on debt) just like everyone else.
Enjoy those bees!