Obama would hurt charities

Study the faces in this picture.

These are the people President Obama’s budget would hurt.
Forget all that talk about how liberals care about the downtrodden. Americans give more to the needy voluntarily than citizens in any other nation. In 2007 they gave a record $295 billion. But now Obama’s budget would reduce the amount people can deduct for charitable contributions if they earn more than $250,000.
Nonprofit groups already are hurting in this economy. This news story talks about how charities oppose the plan. This one references a study that shows how real these concerns are.
Yes, the change would hurt arts organizations and other nonprofits more directly than the homeless, who rely already on government money. But it also would hurt churches, which provide real help for the needy, and many states are hurting so badly they are likely to cut back on help for the poor, too. That puts a bigger burden on charitable giving.
I can hear the critics. The rich still have plenty they could give away, they will say.
But if you are that cynical about the motives of the rich, you would certainly oppose Obama’s budget. Why reduce a monetary incentive that works?