KFL%MX.LCS.MIT.EDU@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU (11/11/86)
[ There is light at the end of the tunnel in such charities. For
instance, the March of Dimes raised money for polio research, and
wound up eradicating it. MS victims live tremendously longer due
to research-raising efforts. But there is no end to crime - no
possible rationalization that crime will eventually be no more.
- CWM]
How do you explain most people's willingness to donate to charities
which provide food for the poor? Or which provide relief for
earthquake victims?
If people are not willing to donate to unending causes, why are they
willing to pay unending taxes which go to these same unending causes?
...Keith
[ I consider giving food to the poor substantially different from
avenging a punk's murdering a grandmother. I'd just as soon put my
money into land mines and shotguns. I'm rather suprised you would
designate taxes as being like a contribution! Taxes are coerced out
of people, it is not at all like giving food to the poor. The IRS
will not take away your house if you don't give food to the poor.
-CWM]
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