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Je sais bien qu'une bonne partie d'entre vous est convaincue que la solidarité (la vraie) se substitue très bien à la redistribution, mais voici une étude très récente qui fera douter les plus grands fans de l'impôt.

Americans give nearly $300 billion to charities in 2006, set a new record dot_h.gif

The Associated Press

Published: June 25, 2007 dot_h.gif

NEW YORK: Americans gave nearly $300 billion (€223.2 billion) to charitable causes last year, setting a new record and beating the 2005 total that had been boosted by a surge in aid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and the Asian tsunami. Donors contributed an estimated $295.02 billion (€219.5billion) in 2006, a 1 percent increase when adjusted for inflation, up from $283.05 billion in 2005. Excluding donations for disaster relief, the total rose 3.2 percent, inflation-adjusted, according to an annual report released Monday by the Giving USA Foundation. The report is researched and written by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

According to a November 2006 comparison done by the Charities Aid Foundation, Americans give twice as much as the next most charitable country. In philanthropic giving as a percentage of gross domestic product, the U.S. ranked first at 1.7 percent. No. 2 Britain gave 0.73 percent, while France, with a 0.14 percent rate, trailed such countries as South Africa, Singapore, Turkey and Germany.

Giving historically tracks the health of the overall economy, with the rise amounting to about one-third the rise in the stock market, according to Giving USA. Last year was right on target, with a 3.2 percent rise as stocks rose more than 10 percent on an inflation-adjusted basis.

"What people find especially interesting about this, and it's true year after year, that such a high percentage comes from individual donors," Giving USA Chairman Richard Jolly said.

Individuals gave a combined 75.6 percent of the total. With bequests, that rises to 83.4 percent. The biggest chunk of the donations,$96.82 billion (€72.03 billion) or 32.8 percent, went to religious organizations. The second largest slice, $40.98 billion (€30.49 billion) or 13.9 percent, went to education, including gifts to colleges, universities and libraries.

About 65 percent of households with incomes less than $100,000 (€74,399) give to charity, the report showed.

"It tells you something about American culture that is unlike any other country," said Claire Gaudiani, a professor at NYU's Heyman Center for Philanthropy and author of "The Greater Good: How Philanthropy Drives the American Economy and Can Save Capitalism." Gaudiani said the willingness of Americans to give cuts across income levels, and their investments go to developing ideas, inventions and people to the benefit of the overall economy.

Mega-gifts, which Giving USA considers to be donations of $1 billion (€740 million) or more, tend to get the most attention, and that was true last year especially.

Investment superstar Warren Buffett announced in June 2006 that he would give $30 billion (€22.32 billion) over 20 years to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Of that total, $1.9 billion (€1.41 billion) was given in 2006, which helped push the year's total higher.

Gaudiani said that gift reflects a growing focus on using donated money efficiently and effectively.

The Gates Foundation has focused on reducing hunger and fighting disease in developing countries as well as improving education in the U.S. Without Buffett's pledge, it had an endowment of $29.2 billion as of the end of 2005.

Meanwhile, companies and their foundations gave less in 2006, dropping 10.5 percent to $12.72 billion (€9.46 billion). Jolly said corporate giving fell because companies had been so generous in response to the natural disasters and because profits overall were less strong in 2006 over the year before.

Ce matin, un journaliste d'Europe 1 qui relayait cette information ajoutait que les américains donnaient en moyenne 1000$/an aux organisations caritatives tandis que les français donnent 16€ (20$). Plus il y a de taxes, moins il y a de dons.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/25/…able-Giving.php

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Attention quand même. L'année 2006 ne peut probablement pas être significative et représentative de la générosité des américains du fait du dons exceptionnel de Warren Buffet!!

Non! Le don de Buffet n'a pas été comptabilisé. On ne compte que les dons qui ont été effectués, pas ceux qui vont l'être dans le futur. En 2006, Buffet n'a donné "que" 1,9 milliards.

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Je sais bien qu'une bonne partie d'entre vous est convaincue que la solidarité (la vraie) se substitue très bien à la redistribution, mais voici une étude très récente qui fera douter les plus grands fans de l'impôt.

Ce matin, un journaliste d'Europe 1 qui relayait cette information ajoutait que les américains donnaient en moyenne 1000$/an aux organisations caritatives tandis que les français donnent 16€ (20$). Plus il y a de taxes, moins il y a de dons.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/06/25/…able-Giving.php

Ça demande une étude approfondie. Plus on est riche, plus on est généreux, certes. Plus il y a de pauvreté, plus on est généreux, aussi. Par exemple faudrait-il se rejouir, en France, que les restos du coeur servent 5 % de repas de plus en 2006 ?

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les restos du coeur servent 5 % de repas de plus en 2006 ?

À des gens de moins en moins nécessiteux. Ce qui explique qu'ils ne disent pas à qui ils distribuent précisément :icon_up:

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À des gens de moins en moins nécessiteux. Ce qui explique qu'ils ne disent pas à qui ils distribuent précisément :icon_up:

c'est vrais que la deduction d'impots en ce qui les concerne est passée de 66% à 75% si je ne m'abuse.

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1,7 % de la richesse totale quand on ramène ce chiffre au 10 % les plus pauvres, c'est considérable.

En imaginant qu'ils gagnent la moitié de la richesse moyenne, cela ferait 34% de richesse en plus pour eux. C'est assez considérable.

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