Quote Originally Posted by Scurvy
its a fairly specific example, and although a lot of charity money is wrongly spent, the vast majority is used for good purpose
That would be completely relative to the person receiving the charity, in this case I am sure the women beaters think that the money they received is being used for a good purpose.

I think giving to charity is a great thing but over the years I have determined that the best charities to give to are the very local ones, like your own church or other local chapter of whatever, outside the local level we rarely get to decide where our money really goes. This is exactly why I don’t think the government should be as charitable as it is with money that does not belong to it. if the people want to give let them on an individual basis and lower my taxes, if I give I’ll write it off on my own.