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Not everyone is as rich as you. For the people who are, you can donate your nickels to your city every year.
Govt inefficiency/corruption squanders this money. E.g.,
https://www.ktvu.com/news/california-hasnt-been-tracking-hom...
In part, because of the ideology the poster outlined. Penny wise, pound foolish.
As an example, our healthcare is 2-3x as expensive as the rest of the OECD. Our public spending is more than anyone else's total spending, and then we pile on top of that. (https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm) We saddle the poor with high-deductible plans they can't use, then eat the costs of their eventual last resort emergency treatment.
US is 3rd in the world giving index contradicting the OP's fact free statement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Giving_Index US is in the top
They do! Or, they think they do. The politicians of both major parties promise lower taxes, smaller deficits, if you just vote them back in next time.
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Giving_Index US is in the top
It counts tithing to megachurches as charity, though.
No, if what you said was true, Americans would overwhelmingly vote for lower taxes and lower public spending.
Americans would all vote against foreign aid (or representatives that use that as a platform and win always).
US is 3rd in the world giving index contradicting your fact free statement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Giving_Index US is in the top