Most tax brakes for charitable givings are claimed by the rich, and unless you give a certain minimum amount each year, there is no tax break at all. So, these tax brakes is a way for the government to subsidize charities that the rich favors, rather than government programs that the voters favor. It would be great if tax brakes for charitable givings disappeared.
With disagreement about the new constitution, the natural thing would be (i) for the Islamists in the constitutional assembly to propose one majority option and (ii) for the secularists elected to the constitutional assembly to return to work and propose an alternative minority option. Then the two option can be put against each other in a referendum to let the people decide which one they prefer. That is how it should work in a democracy. I don't understand why there has to be a single proposal from the constitutional assembly that the people then will have to vote yes/no on.
So,the neighboring dictatorships applauded the coup while the neighboring democracies condemned it, with some nuances. Thank you for a great article.
Most tax brakes for charitable givings are claimed by the rich, and unless you give a certain minimum amount each year, there is no tax break at all. So, these tax brakes is a way for the government to subsidize charities that the rich favors, rather than government programs that the voters favor. It would be great if tax brakes for charitable givings disappeared.
With disagreement about the new constitution, the natural thing would be (i) for the Islamists in the constitutional assembly to propose one majority option and (ii) for the secularists elected to the constitutional assembly to return to work and propose an alternative minority option. Then the two option can be put against each other in a referendum to let the people decide which one they prefer. That is how it should work in a democracy. I don't understand why there has to be a single proposal from the constitutional assembly that the people then will have to vote yes/no on.
Race is fiction.
Racism is real.