(A)What Is the Rationale Behind Allowing People to Deduct Charitable

question 7

Essay

(a)What is the rationale behind allowing people to deduct charitable giving from their taxable income?
(b)What are the two reasons given in the text that the government does not simply provide the charitable good itself? Explain.

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