1) I feel like 10% pledge is too vague. Lot of people make widely different incomes and live in different places (not even just talking about country and state but even highly specific cities) where cost of living and tax rate are widely different. In the Bay Area for example, making below $104,000 is considered low i…
1) I feel like 10% pledge is too vague. Lot of people make widely different incomes and live in different places (not even just talking about country and state but even highly specific cities) where cost of living and tax rate are widely different. In the Bay Area for example, making below $104,000 is considered low income. Its ridiculous to ask someone making 100,000 in Bay Area with high cost of living and heavy tax rate to donate 10% to charity and also asking a billionaire to donate 10% of their income. I prefer Peter Singer's calculator which I still find flawed considering it doesn't consider area where person is living but at least it seems nuanced based on the actual income : https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/take-the-pledge/
2) The President of the United States is withholding funding for altruistic causes considering he feels that the money is getting wasted. I don't necessarily agree with him but I do wonder how effective the money is being spent in effective altruism rather than simply being pocketed by middle men. Also, does this money save lives or does it just prolong a suffering death a little later.
Couple of comments :
1) I feel like 10% pledge is too vague. Lot of people make widely different incomes and live in different places (not even just talking about country and state but even highly specific cities) where cost of living and tax rate are widely different. In the Bay Area for example, making below $104,000 is considered low income. Its ridiculous to ask someone making 100,000 in Bay Area with high cost of living and heavy tax rate to donate 10% to charity and also asking a billionaire to donate 10% of their income. I prefer Peter Singer's calculator which I still find flawed considering it doesn't consider area where person is living but at least it seems nuanced based on the actual income : https://www.thelifeyoucansave.org/take-the-pledge/
2) The President of the United States is withholding funding for altruistic causes considering he feels that the money is getting wasted. I don't necessarily agree with him but I do wonder how effective the money is being spent in effective altruism rather than simply being pocketed by middle men. Also, does this money save lives or does it just prolong a suffering death a little later.