MaggieD
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I'm not following your logic...You're saying that wealth redistribution is overwhelming the budget, but there is no hope at ever changing that and therefore this is a bad idea?
Every entitlement program is redistribution of wealth! What do you think is overwhelming our budget? Tse-tse Fly research?
The government wouldn't get to decide where the money went. Each individual could give to a charity (or multiple charities) of his/her choice, and just write it off their taxes. It couldn't be a political football if the government had no control over it.
It's a political football as long as the "good auspices of Congress" are required to keep the tax credit on the books. The government can have as much or as little control over it as they choose. Millions to ACORN. Nooooo, thank you.