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It's not charity, it's bribes for votes with other peoples money.You know of a private welfare organization that's funneling better than half a trillion dollars a year to the needy?
Even if you combine the charitable help provided by the 50 largest charity organizations in America (The 50 Largest U.S. Charities List - Forbes) the total of their charitable giving doesn't even come close to the help the U.S. government doles out in any given year.
The total expenditures (including charitable assistance but also including overhead) of those 50 organizations come to a hair under $30 billion. The U.S. welfare "budget" is about $550 billion (on the modest side, I've also seen the number placed as high as $1.1 trillion).
Hands down the U.S. government runs the largest charity in the world.
But what's that got to do with a nice guy giving folks a little something extra for the holidays?