Personally, I hate the ubiquitous expression “giving back” It used to be called “giving”. But now with “giving back” there seems to be an annoying self-congratulatory aspect to the act of giving. Instead of simply and quietly giving to whatever charity or cause, it is now trumpeted that you “gave back”. At the same time, giving back implies that you received something in the first place, as in “You won life’s lottery”. So now it is incumbent on you to “give back”. You owe it. You got something you didn’t deserve in the first place. Never mind what you did to get what you have gotten. It is like Obama saying, “you didn’t build that business”. Don’t get me wrong. I believe that giving is a good thing. It is a blessing for everyone to participate in, not just those who have attained wealth and who are able to give. In the Bible, Jesus praised the poor widow, not for giving back but for her giving spirit and generosity. He also criticized the practice of publicly calling attention to what we have given. It should be done quietly without calling attention to it - the opposite of what Zero’s wife is doing. And by the way, it seems to me that so many of those who use the term “giving back” in reality do the least actual giving. Every tax season we see this, especially with Democrat politicians. They generally only give to themselves or give to their friends who will give the money back in donations or lobbying.
I agree. I have never received a darn thing for free and I dont feel I need to ‘give back’. And because of the confiscatory taxes we pay I feel like I give all the darn time to causes I don’t want to give to. I’m picky about my charities.