Letters
US philanthropy’s response to Obama’s tax proposals: views from the US, Italy and the UK
1 September 2009
Alliance magazine
Kudos to Gara LaMarche for challenging US philanthropy’s negative response to Obama’s proposal to partially finance health reform through capping the charitable tax deduction (Alliance, June 2009). Gara raises important moral, political and pragmatic questions about the role that private philanthropy should play in a time of crisis, primarily invoking the ‘higher plane’ argument for a sector that prides itself on service for the greater good.
