Arts said:

on a much smaller scale there was a guy who used to work with Mr Arts. He would put one of those fundraising chocolate boxes in the staff kitchen.. you know the deal you pay for the whole box then charge people 2 – 3 bucks for the chocolate bar and then profit like $20 per box. He would do this throughout the year.. and to his credit would donate the cash to telethon or something.. then use that donation to claim it back on his taxes..

he was literally making money through everyone else paying… and all above board.. the only reason people got pissed was because they didn’t think of it first.

One could perhaps assume the wealthy donate large amounts for the purpose of getting kudos and a tax deduction whilst common muck do it because they believe in the cause.