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Tom Rinaldo

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27. Well, I agree. $300 from a $30,000 salary would not be very much nor "very good".

Reply to hfojvt (Reply #22)

Sat Sep 22, 2012, 05:32 PM

Sep 2012

But an average person with a $30,000 a year income is most likely settling for less of some things important to them on a routine basis, so even that $300 is money that they could have used personally without earmarking it toward anything lavish. That was my point in using that figure. The money might otherwise have gone toward buying better rain gear, or repairing the back deck, or attending some career goal related weekend seminar. Obviously a $300, donation from someone making $12,000 would entail more of a degree of personal hardship.

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A man earning $30,000 giving $300 to charity sacrifices more than a Billionaire giving away millions [View all] Tom Rinaldo Sep 2012 OP

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You are using a straw man argument Tom Rinaldo Sep 2012 #28

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Well, $300 would be a pittance hfojvt Sep 2012 #22

Well, I agree. $300 from a $30,000 salary would not be very much nor "very good". Tom Rinaldo Sep 2012 #27

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