Charity begins at home: Promoting a culture of philanthropy – The Express Tribune

Charity begins at home: Promoting a culture of philanthropy – The Express Tribune: The ongoing European sovereign debt crisis is a present example of this continuing trend. While taxation is seen as coercive by taxpayers who try their best to evade it, charitable giving is a voluntary act that most of us, whether from the poor or the privileged, would like to perform on different scales.