An idea for increasing volunteerism

Rate This Idea » By Todd In Politics | October 12, '08

Summary of Idea #71

This idea can help compensate volunteers through earned tax credits.

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  • Reply | Posted October 2, '10, 8:15 am by konocwa

    anything but govt
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    any idea involving the government is a bad idea.  got too much of that already

  • ⌊ Reply | Posted October 3, '10, 3:23 pm by Todd

    I certainly agree with that!
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    I certainly agree with that.  My point was to create a tax deduction for volunteer time.  This would also allow the government the opportunity to track volunteer time.  The problem is the opportunity for corruption is enormous.

     

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