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by diddid 2158 days ago
For some reason I hate the combination of companies and charity. If a company wants to be charitable they should pay their employees livable wages and give them quality benefits. Everyone wants to show how charitable they are but nobody wants the janitors to be able to support their families.
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Googlers for example already earn very livable wages.

(I agree that companies shouldn't do charity. But for very different reasons.

Just provide good and cheap goods and services to customers, and pay your shareholders and employees.

Those shareholders and employees as real person can make their own decisions on charity. No need for matching etc.

You can also consider not optimizing your taxes as aggressively, and treating the 'excess' paymnents to government mentally as if they were charitable giving.)

The janitors are contractors.