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For me, dollars amount to aid if the dollars are going to the right charity. I don't trust the Red Cross any further than I can throw it. I do trust GiveSendGo. Since I'm not in Maui, I can't buy food and water and hand it to the needy myself. So monetary help is the next best thing.Okay - you are referring to or citing human compassion - beheld by morals and the education we received, e.g. holding open a door, victims of a flood would be welcomed to stay in my home, dress them, feed them. defending a weak person against an obvious lowlife and aggressor etc.
But were $$ come in - that is not necessarily human compassion - it can be a simple tax benefit that someone solely uses to highlight his supposed humanity and generosity, or those who try to reduce their guilt for doing nothing actively - but get off their "neglected moral obligation" via donating some $$. Deriving from a former church practice - why repent and lead a decent life - if one can get off everything with a fee - aka monetary or a materialistic contribution to the church.
And human compassion can't be allowed (IMO) to be misused as a substitute for a governments financial non-action, and thus it's utter neglect towards society.
I fully understand that many disagree with giving to charity. We live in a very self-centric world. I also understand that others simply don't have the funds to give, since we live under a tax-hungry regime that thinks it knows better how to spend our money better than we do. And here in America, we're suffering from Bidenomics which further stresses our finances.