They are trying to buy good-will, how is that so hard to understand? So how long since you went off the deep end of derp?

Who cares? Every penny going to charity instead of the govt. is a penny well spent.
So, in your country there are no people who need help, because govt. is so awesome? There are no homeless, for example?

That kind of thinking is horrible... You shouldn't think the govt. will do everything for you.

I wish all over the world the taxes were lower and the neighbour would start to care about his neighbour more, instead of "govt. will take care of this" thinking.

Although I must say, the system in Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Norway seems to work much better than the shit we have here in Poland. People ther eare usually wealthier and happier than here, but we don't have oil and gas.

At least they are supposed to. Even African immigrants etc. get apartments quite fast from the "government" when they arrive here.

I think there are some drunkards who choose to live in some hut in a woods, but I think that is more of their own choosing, rather than the government not providing them a roof on top of their heads.

The only street beggars etc. you see here are the gypsies coming here every summer from the southern Europe, along with their wealthy masters who have golden necklaces and such..

But just so that I don't talk out of my ass, here's some data (ie. there are indeed people who are considered homeless in one way or another, and this page mentions some government programs for them and such):

http://www.housingfirst.fi/en/housing_first/homelessness_in_finland

That sounds pretty racist, but what can I say... We have plenty of them too. Thanks for the link. It's really impressive how scandinavian (and Finnish :P) society managed to pull out a welfare state that actually works. I guess it has at least something to do with the fact how many natural resources you have and how relatively small is your urbanisation ratio (I mean number of people per square km). Impressive nevertheless.

How does that even work? Genuine question, as I have no idea...

Charitable contribution deductions in the US i think is this

everybody has a motive for whatever they do.

there is a theory that there is no true altruism in this world, that no matter what, in the end it springs out from some perceived personal benefit.

EA is no better or worse than anyone else doing a bit of charity.

I doubt the homeless would survive very long during the Finnish winter. Probably after the great thaw, a lot of homeless are discovered dead in ditches. That or they are like geese, and migrate to Greece for the winter..