The fiscal cliff deal comes clearer: a 37% top tax rate and a higher Medicare eligibility age

[99th_Monkey]

34. If the repeal is ONLY for CHURCHES, I too would support that.

but totally eliminating the charitable deduction for all NGOs and/or not-for-profit
public benefit 501c3 corporations is a really bad idea. These groups do TONS
of human services work, such as building truly affordable and decent housing for
lower income folks, providing technical assistance to lower income people wanting
to start their own micro-business, food banks, homeless shelters <--- ALL of these
are run by non-profit organizations that get LOTS of their funding from private donors,
BECAUSE of the charitable donation deduction. Just sayin' ... this may be a can of
worms we don't want to open, as most of these truly beneficial kinds of agencies are
staffed by progressives who are doing the work as a profession, and also are doing
important work to assist lower income people, and minimize suffering of the poor.