People spending their own money are almost always less wasteful and more careful where that money goes.
Almost everyone wants to help needy people. Most are just too busy, don't want to see that part of society, or don't know how to get involved.
If someone that you knew said that you could pay $1000 less in taxes next year if you looked through a list of families that needed help and wrote a check to them for $1000, how many people do yo think would refuse?
Do you think that they would spend more than 30 seconds randomly looking through the list for the person they will be helping?
The government largely only cares about that family in terms of employment and re-election. They are nothing but a number in a database somewhere. Most people don't even know the level of suffering some people right here in the good ol USA go through on a daily basis. The more money that one has, the more insulated from that reality they are. This will provide a window at least.
This illustration does not exactly follow the original concept, but hopefully you get the idea of an individual vs govt.
Almost everyone wants to help needy people. Most are just too busy, don't want to see that part of society, or don't know how to get involved.
If someone that you knew said that you could pay $1000 less in taxes next year if you looked through a list of families that needed help and wrote a check to them for $1000, how many people do yo think would refuse?
Do you think that they would spend more than 30 seconds randomly looking through the list for the person they will be helping?
The government largely only cares about that family in terms of employment and re-election. They are nothing but a number in a database somewhere. Most people don't even know the level of suffering some people right here in the good ol USA go through on a daily basis. The more money that one has, the more insulated from that reality they are. This will provide a window at least.
This illustration does not exactly follow the original concept, but hopefully you get the idea of an individual vs govt.