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jeriendhalLink: http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=674042006
News like that makes me smile, even if my pagan friends will be rightly offended to be equated with Bush and Pat Robertson. :)
And one more: "Washington Diary: The Culture of Giving"
In which a BBC reporter is boggled by USAians habit of giving away masssive amounts of money to good causes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4756363.stm
And I am boggled in return. I don't think much about giving away to charities, aside from noting it on my tax forms every year. I suppose there is a point to it, as he notes that private institutions handle stuff that in Europe would be paid for by the government. But really, is the idea of giving away money to charities considered unusual on the other side of the Atlantic, or are just the amounts in question so extreme (as usual) in comparison?
News like that makes me smile, even if my pagan friends will be rightly offended to be equated with Bush and Pat Robertson. :)
And one more: "Washington Diary: The Culture of Giving"
In which a BBC reporter is boggled by USAians habit of giving away masssive amounts of money to good causes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4756363.stm
And I am boggled in return. I don't think much about giving away to charities, aside from noting it on my tax forms every year. I suppose there is a point to it, as he notes that private institutions handle stuff that in Europe would be paid for by the government. But really, is the idea of giving away money to charities considered unusual on the other side of the Atlantic, or are just the amounts in question so extreme (as usual) in comparison?
