[Pearls Before Swine]

The tragedy of it is, this is very detrimental to real charity and to the social fabric. And now, Obama would like to limit the deductibility of charitable contributions.

I give more than I record, too—I’m not like Al Gore, who deducted 2 bucks for each pair of used underwear. Maybe I should be... but time is money, and the essence of charity is privacy and anonymity.

[dfwgator]

The tragedy of it is, this is very detrimental to real charity,

That's the intention. Government can be the only source of charity, according to liberals.

[savedbygrace]

Al Gore, who deducted 2 bucks for each pair of used underwear

That was Bill Clinton who did that.

http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/16/us/clinton-taxes-laid-bare-line-by-line.html