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Well, OK. I agree with what you say as far as Uncle BoBo stepping in and taking, then giving, my money to charities of His choice (the private ones having been killed off long ago). He does it now and calls it various forms of "assistance" (food stamps, welfare, eventual tax cuts to non taxpayers - funny one that one). I suppose that can be expanded to levels beyond my comprehension.<br> The failure of private charities would be tragic at best, not to mention catastrophic to advances being made in various fields of research.<br> To clarify my earlier post, I would never abandon private charities as long as they exist, but would have to trim my donations quite a bit. Going from $11K to a couple hundred per annum is really "gone" for all intents and purposes, you know? Who knows, after reading what you had to say, I might bump that up a couple thou just to do what little I can to help keep them alive.
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