I think charity is good, I donate to charity. At the same time I once watched a podcast that basically said when you donate to charity the mindset and often the outcome of charity is that its money you throwing away and did not invest in making longer term differences. Its an utterly rude statement but I still feel a fundmental tension in that premise that an organization that could seek profit but whose fiduciary responsiblity was to the community it was serving rather some stock owner would have incentives to establish better long term charity. That well example is supportitive of that thought.

But I think the the argument is certainly not good at other times because not everyone has the ability to invest and make a difference donations lower the requirements and the barriers to both. Also whose to say even a throw away Well doesn't make the world of difference to people who really needed even if it was temporary. I just a struggling thought I have sometimes...