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  • Haiti charity becomes excuse for tax code manipulation by Congress
    John Smith
    Thu, Feb 11th 2010

    Earlier this week I was reading AB 347, a bill that is currently circulating in Washington DC. The summary reads as follows:  "Allows an individual or a corporate taxpayer to deduct a charitable contribution made for the relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti on the taxpayer's 2009 tax return, instead of the 2010 tax return."

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  • Rely on your local communities, not government bureaucracy
    John Smith
    Fri, Feb 5th 2010

    When things were rough, people depended on their families and local community to help them through.  When things are not going your way, who will you call? Family? Friends? Church? Local Non-Profit? State or Federal Government?

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  • Forget world peace, I'll take common courtesy
    John Smith
    Fri, Jan 22nd 2010

    I know what you’re thinking.  “Who doesn’t want world peace?” Even Sandra Bullock in the movie “Miss Congeniality” wanted world peace.  Leaders the world over are always calling for world peace.

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    Charity begins at home, not in DC
    John Smith
    Thu, Jan 14th 2010

    Before the Roosevelt's “New Deal,” Americans lived in smaller, more tightly knit communities.

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