Obama's Misguided SOTU Call To Philanthropy: A Smothering Embrace - Forbes

Obama's Misguided SOTU Call To Philanthropy: A Smothering Embrace - Forbes: Those concerned about the vitality and independence of America’s private philanthropy can take some solace from what President Obama did not say in his State of the Union address Wednesday night. He did not, for instance, as he did in regard to aspects of the corporate tax, call the charitable tax deduction a tax loophole that needed to be closed, because the wealthy are the ones who most often claim it. That sort of tax “reform” would likely