So I choose not to accept that giving is tax-driven. Instead I subscribe to the law of attraction tenet that generosity begets generosity, and figure that fear keeps it from working better, or at least keeps people from believing that it works in the first place. Fear is pretty strongly linked with money when youContinue reading “Fear of Money”
Monthly Archives: February 2009
Is Giving Tax-Driven?
“. . . the wealthy in fact respond to tax incentives for donations. If the after-tax cost of charitable giving goes down, the wealthy give more; if it goes up, they give less.” This lies at the heart of concerns about President Obama’s plan to cut charitable tax deductions for the wealthy; what if the deductionContinue reading “Is Giving Tax-Driven?”
"Error Check System" spreads through Facebook
Thanks for helping me deal with this glitch! That was Selena Fox’s comment to me this morning after I warned her that she had gotten lured into a new phenomenon: a genuinely malicious Facebook application. I had already gotten several notifications that my friends “experienced errors” while viewing my profile, and inviting me to viewContinue reading “"Error Check System" spreads through Facebook”