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[–] chazwhiz@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Good opportunity to remind you that many employers offer donation matching for nonprofits. So right now donating money to food banks not only helps those in need, but also forces our corporate overlords to!

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

You're just giving them free tax credits

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Under this administration it actually makes sense to directly donate (and make your corpo trash match). Since the government can’t be trusted to use the tax revenue for any good at all.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Unlike trustworthy corporations

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 minutes ago

I suppose if you work for one of the places supplying ICE, prisons, or the military you should feel bad and stop. Or do the incompetent dance to gum shit up.

But none of the work I do helps any of that.

If they say they match donations and aren’t, check with your charity and say something.

[–] chazwhiz@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Oh well in that case I’d better not let them give any money to the poor at all.

[–] TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca 0 points 13 hours ago

I mean, you probably shouldn't. Donate the money yourself or trough charities or in countless other ways.

They literally farm these tax credits from customers to pad their bottom line. You can bet that they are also playing tax and accounting games with the "donations" they make and who they make them to, likely further enriching a lot of their pals before the poor see a dime of it.