[fintstone]

It is awfully hard to send charity to people we don't know...because the government already takes a significant amount of money from us without consent...and redistributes it as charity (largely for people we do not believe worthy). One look at the massive money we intend to send to other countries this year for everything from abortion to transgender issues/studies tells me that the problem is not how much Americans "donate" but where the money goes. A massive welfare state that encourages bad choices is costly both in money and in human costs. Even worse is our massive giving to other nations (some which are not even allies) and international organizations that constantly align against us. Plus our government subsidizing certain energy sources over others, signing up for treaties that ensure U.S. manufactures cannot compete, etc...is all charity provided to almost everyone but our truly needy (thorough little or no fault of their own). Real charity used to help those folks...but the very wealthy spend their money to influence government now and the rest of us are juts about "charitied" out when Uncle Sam is done with his largess (using the money he already takes) for redistribution (charity). Folks really need to concentrate on what they are doing to keep themselves and their family from being in a position where they cannot take care of themselves. I don't see a lot of that. I doesn't matter how much money some earn (or are given)...ten years later, they as still broke.