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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
No matter what you set the max limit at, the well off will be better able to afford that money more than the less well off. Unless you think that my cousin should forego his dental work AND his brake problem and give it to a political party.
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I had forgotten that the donations are also a writeoff against income.
If he can't afford 500 bucks a year, he should be looking for a new job. That's less than 100 beers. Does your cousin have 100 beers throughout the course of a year? I bet he could also work directly for the party in a paid position, and donate 100% of his pay and it would only be 56 hours of work at minimum wage. Less than a months worth of weekends.
The whole 'can't afford it' memo is really a misnomer.