[Fnoord]

Speaking in terms of donating percentages is at odds with reality.

1% of 300 USD is 3 USD, and probably a lot for that person. They're probably needing every penny they can get to maintain or increase their standard of living.

1% of 3000 USD is 30 USD, and probably not much for that person. They'd spend it on a friday night.

Never mind the very rich. For them, the difference between 1% and 10% is effectively nothing; it doesn't decrease their standards of living.

[loggedinuser]

That's why it's better to define the 'tithe' as a percentage of income over and above strictly required expenditures, i.e. money you otherwise theoretically could have saved.

[Fnoord]

Right, I came to the very same conclusion when I was thinking about this in the past, but I forgot about it. Thanks for the addendum and reminder.