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“When Briggs started out in 1994, he was trained to handle traffic incidents but had never received training on how to deal with people contemplating suicide. He didn’t know at the time how pervasive the issue of suicide on the bridge was. ‘There were four to six cases of suicidal folks on the bridge each and every month. And I had no idea about this, and I grew up in Marin County, which connects to San Francisco via that Golden Gate Bridge. … I had no training to handle these types of situations.’”
~The Patriot Post
Read more at CBC.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/61453?mailing_id=4105&utm_medium=email&utm_source=pp.email.4105&utm_campaign=snapshot&utm_content=body{renewamerica.com} ~ This will be very short and to the point, folks. Candidate for president of the United States Donald J. Trump's premier campaign promise – amongst multiple others – was to build "The Wall" at the US Southern border... The emergencies that have existed for years – and exist to this day – at said border include massive drug trafficking, massive human trafficking, illegal immigrants who are reintroducing diseases into our country that had all but been eradicated, increased rapes and murders and the changing of demographics in our country; demographics that are changing the face of our country – illegally. The promised and projected wall would correct the vast majority of the problems we have today at our US-Mexico border. From 2006, I have written many columns about the dire situation at our Southern border including, but not limited to, multiple interviews of former US Border Patrol Supervisor David J Stoddard who for 27 years served in Calexico, California, Vermont, Yuma, Tucson Sector Headquarters and Naco, Arizona and worked in Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico and other locations. The Southern border problem has continued to worsen...and worsen...as no politicians from either the Democrat or the Republican Party have wanted to do anything to stop the willful destruction of our country. President Trump is the only US president who announced – and has been working to implement – the end of our destruction from illicit immigration and all manner of criminality and disease that has plagued our country for decades. It is not legal immigrants to which we are opposed...it is rather the illegals about which we know little-to-nothing that represent our major problem; that and the fact that we cannot handle or support thousands of immigrants entering our country clandestinely or by force. And, force seems to be the new tool of the illegal immigrants surge into the USA. In fact, our border is beginning to mirror the borders in Israel as the so-called "Palestinians" try to force their way in while throwing rocks at the Israeli soldiers.We are losing our country, my friends...
Last year provided the first clues as to how this effect is or isn’t playing out. According to The Washington Post, “Charitable giving in the United States rose a lackluster 1.6 percent last year, despite a strong economy — a sign that the 2018 tax code overhaul could be hurting donations, according to a new study published Monday. The study by the Fundraising Effectiveness Project also reported a quickening shift away from smaller and middle-class donors in favor of wealthy donors. Money coming from donations under $1,000 fell by more than 4 percent. But gifts from major donors jumped 2.6 percent.”
Of course, the Post was strongly against the tax law from the very beginning, so it’s no surprise that it immediately puts this news in a bad light. But is it accurate? It depends on a few factors.
Essentially, there are two ways to look at this. The “lackluster” rise could be attributable to those who simply were unsure about what their tax obligations would look like given the substantial changes to the tax code. This is especially true for independent contractors. But now that they have a better idea and have ironed out the adjustments, their financial situation is more clear, meaning they know for sure how much they can give to charities. In this sense, any rise at all is a good thing.
On the other hand, the simple truth is that there are some who give to charities or nonprofits only for the tax benefits. Take away the benefits, and suddenly they have no inclination to donate whatsoever. While their willingness to provide in the first place is commendable, their benevolence is paradoxically borne out of a selfish desire.
This last point presents an interesting test case. No-strings-attached giving is a virtue. And most of us probably know people who give generously and yet still take the standard deductions out of necessity when filing a tax return without even thinking twice about it. But others are surely now leery to donate. In which case their priorities need to be reevaluated. ~The Patriot Post
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