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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What percentage of your income do you donate or redistribute?".
This poll was originally submitted by tilak raj. View the poll results »
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I haven’t the faintest idea of the percentage. Personally I think donating has more to do with the will to give to others than with income. I have given money to an animal rescue shelter in Mexico where my daughter Marta volunteers occasionally. I don’t give just money I do a lot of in-kind donations: non-perishable food items to the local food bank and blankets, bedding and clothes to homeless-shelters. My daughter Rita makes sandwiches every Saturday for people in need and I help her with ... See more I haven’t the faintest idea of the percentage. Personally I think donating has more to do with the will to give to others than with income. I have given money to an animal rescue shelter in Mexico where my daughter Marta volunteers occasionally. I don’t give just money I do a lot of in-kind donations: non-perishable food items to the local food bank and blankets, bedding and clothes to homeless-shelters. My daughter Rita makes sandwiches every Saturday for people in need and I help her with the supermarket shopping. Over the years I have also worked pro bono for Médecins sans Frontières, UN Volontaires, Oxfam, Malaria Consortium and Translators Without Borders (stopped working with TWB when they started requiring a certain CAT tool). ▲ Collapse
| | | | Thayenga 
Germany
Local time: 13:15
Member (2009)
English to German
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Money wise, I don't know how much I donate/give away. In my city/district we have fences on which people hang small bags containing food, clothes or sanitary products. The signs say to respect that these bags are only for homeless people. Most people do respect this request. This way the Homeless can take these bags without being embarrassed because they're depending on charity.
Aside from "filling" this nearby fence once in a while, I give food to those in need, and have usually ... See more Money wise, I don't know how much I donate/give away. In my city/district we have fences on which people hang small bags containing food, clothes or sanitary products. The signs say to respect that these bags are only for homeless people. Most people do respect this request. This way the Homeless can take these bags without being embarrassed because they're depending on charity.
Aside from "filling" this nearby fence once in a while, I give food to those in need, and have usually walked on before they can say thank you. IMHO giving to those in need should be done without expecting anything, not even a thank you, in return, or any publicity. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Elke Fehling
Local time: 13:15
Member (2005)
English to German
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The question implies, that it's normal to give away a certain percentage above 10. I think that's incorrect.
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30% to the government
30% to the local economy
30% to the global economy
10% under the mattress
| | | | Tom in London
United Kingdom
Local time: 12:15
Member (2008)
Italian to English
Between 2018 and 2019 I lent someone a total of nearly £5000 to prevent her from being evicted from her house along with her children, and to cover her living costs. She's still promising to pay me back, but time is passing....and there are other people I'd like to help.
[Edited at 2021-08-03 18:31 GMT]
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In Germany, the job of redistributing my income is mainly done by the government and government-like agencies like mandatory insurances. All told, this affects more than half of my income. It is okay for me that they do this, but it undermines my own desire to donate or redistribute even more of it.
| | | | Vanda Nissen
Australia
Local time: 21:15
Member (2008)
English to Russian
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Although taxes are high in Australia (like in any other welfare society), I still do some donations. Earlier this year I made a donation to the Koala research foundation - they are trying to investigate causes of chlamydia in koalas. Last year we donated to a local animal shelter (we am planning to do another one later this year). The year before that we donated to the Tasmanian devil research foundation (cancer research) and our friend's dementia snail farm. We also donated to farmers affected... See more Although taxes are high in Australia (like in any other welfare society), I still do some donations. Earlier this year I made a donation to the Koala research foundation - they are trying to investigate causes of chlamydia in koalas. Last year we donated to a local animal shelter (we am planning to do another one later this year). The year before that we donated to the Tasmanian devil research foundation (cancer research) and our friend's dementia snail farm. We also donated to farmers affected by the fires and to some other organisations, however it is less than 10% of our income (my husband is also a translator). As we say here, sharing means caring. ▲ Collapse
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Paul Dixon
Brazil
Local time: 08:15
Portuguese to English
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What little I earn goes to pay taxes and other bills. Brazil has one of the highest tax burdens in the world, and one hundred and twenty taxes of different types, like IOF on bank operations, ISS on services, etc.
[Edited at 2021-08-04 00:49 GMT]
| | | | expressisverbis
Portugal
Local time: 12:15
Member (2015)
English to Portuguese
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| Like Ice Scream... 90% | Aug 4, 2021 |
With the exception of hiding my 10% in my socks or shoes.
PS: I liked more the name you used before. It took me twice to write your current name correctly.
[Edited at 2021-08-04 09:14 GMT]
| | | | Michael Harris
Germany
Local time: 13:15
Member (2006)
German to English
Ice Scream wrote:
30% to the government
30% to the local economy
30% to the global economy
10% under the mattress
How many mattresses? But other than thatsort of the same here, 40 % gov, 20% health insurance (mandatory!!) and anything left over in our flat and everything around it.
| | | | Abba Storgen (X)
United States
Local time: 06:15
Greek to English
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Every single charitable foundation I know is far far wealthier (per capita) than I am. Most of these members spend their days slowly sipping coffee, answering phone calls and attending events that I cannot afford.
The question is how much are they willing to redistribute to us, since we are uncovered workers (paid per production unit with no benefits).
Interesting choice of words... "redistribute". So you think my income is a result of random distribution?
Because of thi... See more Every single charitable foundation I know is far far wealthier (per capita) than I am. Most of these members spend their days slowly sipping coffee, answering phone calls and attending events that I cannot afford.
The question is how much are they willing to redistribute to us, since we are uncovered workers (paid per production unit with no benefits).
Interesting choice of words... "redistribute". So you think my income is a result of random distribution?
Because of this word alone, I find the title to be offensive and hostile to translators. ▲ Collapse
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| I'd be careful with that mattress, they are hungry you know | Aug 5, 2021 |
Ice Scream wrote:
30% to the government
30% to the local economy
30% to the global economy
10% under the mattress
Arthur prodded the mattress nervously and then sat on it himself: in fact he had very little to be nervous about, because all mattresses grown in the swamps of Sqornshellous Zeta are very thoroughly killed and dried before being put to service. Very few have ever come to life again.
Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Eleftherios Kritikakis wrote:
Every single charitable foundation I know is far far wealthier (per capita) than I am. Most of these members spend their days slowly sipping coffee, answering phone calls and attending events that I cannot afford.
The question is how much are they willing to redistribute to us, since we are uncovered workers (paid per production unit with no benefits).
Interesting choice of words... "redistribute". So you think my income is a result of random distribution?
Because of this word alone, I find the title to be offensive and hostile to translators.
Sounds like the perfect new career for you then, Eleftherios!
But translators are not charity cases. There may be questions to be asked about charity finances, but at the end of the day it's not about the staff salaries but the dying children/animals/ecosystems the charities support.
I don't know how much I donate directly. 3% last year? But like all rock stars I do a lot of work for charity but I don't like to talk about it. Except on chat shows and in radio interviews and...
| | | | IrinaN
United States
Local time: 06:15
English to Russian
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| Lord Have Mercy On The Working Man | Aug 6, 2021 |
"Uncle Sam's got his hands in my pockets
And he helps himself each time he needs a dime
Them politicians treat me like a mushroom
'Cause they feed me bull and keep me in the blind"
By Travis Tritt
1. The more career welfare recipients and free-for-alls (never could figure out the way to join those "all" ) I see around, the more I donate to animals and nature. Charity Watch does not provi... See more "Uncle Sam's got his hands in my pockets
And he helps himself each time he needs a dime
Them politicians treat me like a mushroom
'Cause they feed me bull and keep me in the blind"
By Travis Tritt
1. The more career welfare recipients and free-for-alls (never could figure out the way to join those "all" ) I see around, the more I donate to animals and nature. Charity Watch does not provide great inspiration either. Mostly in kind - rescuing, bringing supplies to the shelters, cleaning the cages... I told all my friends to bring old towels and blankets to me for the shelters. Preferably washed-) Annual contributions to two animal charities - ASPCA and Defenders of Wildlife, and some in response to verifiable occasional pleas. However, the amount of money I spend on treating my animals after I take them in off the streets or from the shelters, with all their problems, would sound obscene in the eyes of many, so I won't even mention it. Probably more than I spent on myself in the US... thanks to medical tourism.
2. Speaking of humans. The only human charity I trust is St. Jude's children's cancer research hospital. Otherwise, the scale and the willingness of my closest half-redneck neighborhoods to help out directly and bring stuff by the truckloads to those who are really and honestly in need, is staggering. People flock in with tons of everything from furniture and clothes to pet food, school supplies, kids' stuff, you name it. It is an integral part of our simple cowboy lives. Last year, when a lady had barely escaped from the rental home fire with her two daughters and only T-shirts on their backs, within hours after a post on Nextdoor there have been no room left in the front yard to stow everything people brought, and they didn't bring any candidates for garbage cans. Many donated brand new things. You should see what happens after the hurricanes... Endless streams of cars driving to churches and other donation locations, endless hours donated by volunteers. ▲ Collapse
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