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jmowreader

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21. And if the IRS didn't allow charitable contributions to reduce your tax bill?
Thu Jan 26, 2012, 02:35 AM
Jan 2012

I read something many years ago that was pretty good...it was a banquet to thank the ten largest contributors to some charity, which I think was a hospital. Anyway, it was a worthwhile community fund and the ten largest contributors gave a shitload of money. At the banquet, each contributor was asked to give a speech honoring the reasons they gave the money. About half of them thanked God, some honored a special person who needed the services of the organization. The last guy got up and thanked the IRS because the room would be empty if you couldn't write off charitable contributions.

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