I think the IRS should recognize and give deductions for gifts to actual poor people.

We've developed a system of anonymous charity in our country, where I can give money to a group or a church and get a receipt, then they give it to the poor or buy things with it.

But I never know how much of it gets to someone, I never get to seem them get it and myself get enjoyment from that andthey never get to appreciate Me for giving it to them.

It makes the subjects see charity like an entitlement. A right.

I want a system where if I give actual money or goods in lieu of money to a poor person, skipping the middle-man, I can get some credit (a tax deduction) for it.

Right now, I'm sure everyone reading is thinking-'how are you going to get the SSN of the poor person for taxation'--I think these gifts should not be recorded as income for the poor person. I don't know how you could prove this donation--they don't carry receipt machines--but we could come up with something.

I understand that this wouldn't be a boon to organizations that support the poor, but I also think that if the poor have a more visual picture of that money and how it gets to them from actual people, maybe they'll be a little more proud and try a little harder to get off of the dole, or maybe at least they'll wish for the day when they can give money to people. And get deductions.

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