7th July 2009, 01:47 AM
Quote:quote:Originally posted by renegades
...to charge volunteers is not really asking for volunteers its asking for sponsors and rich ones at that...
In my experience, a very high proportion of the people who volunteer on this kind of projects are yanks, and they can do it because the US tax system allows them to write the cost off as a charitable gift (so it comes off their total tax bill).*
So, while some of them are really filthy stinking rich, most aren't.
*it's probably a bit more complex than that, but that's the gist.
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