election map

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:50:32 -0600, Cyli
wrote:

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:05:23 -0600, George Cleveland
wrote:

(snipped)

Plus, are tuitions
to religious schools tax deductible? I imagine that there are far more
kids enrolled in "Christian Academies" in MS than in WI.


IIRC, no religious schooling isn't tax deductible. Or wasn't, last I
heard / read.

However there are some sorts of tradeoffs. Up in MN, the schools are
heavily subsidized by the church (for Catholic ones. I lived in a not
too rich Catholic neighborhood for many years). Many people whose
kids couldn't in any way afford a private school sent their kids to
church school. I think a lot of it is bookkeeping. So the church
schools come out of the 'charitable donation' in some ways, but not
directly. The voucher scheme would have been a big help _to the
church_ there. Donations would remain constant, but expenses would
drop like a rock.

Cyli
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Yep, I checked up on it too. Tuition is not a charitable deduction,
although you can set aside a tax free tuition account to pay for it.
But any other donation that would be made to the school, as long as it
was not in lieu of tuition, would be deductible.


g.c.

"Charlie Choc" wrote in message
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On 10 Nov 2004 21:55:23 GMT, irate (Dave LaCourse) wrote:

Barnards writes:

http://www.selekta.com/map.jpg

What is your point, Barnard? Or do you have one.

Heard today that the blue states are the least likely states to give to
charities. The #1 state, most generous that is, is Mississippi. The
least
generous? NY, VT, MA, and CT. Says a helluva lot more than a 100 year
old
map.

OK, how about this map: http://chrisevans3d.com/files/iq.htm or this one:
http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_b...ates_feed.html or
this
analysis: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~bergen/bush.html ? g
--
Charlie...
http://bellsouthpwp.net/c/c/cchoc/

or this one.
http://nccsdataweb.urban.org/kbfiles...ive01_app2.pdf