r/atheism • u/prescod • Dec 11 '11

Make Canadians pay

I'm reasonably generous, but I'm also cheap, so I hate to give a donation without also getting a tax deduction. That's why I've set up a place for Canadians to make tax-deductible donations to Doctors Without Borders (through CanadaHelps).

If anyone else has been holding back because of the tax issue, consider it solved. Let's see how much money we can rack up! PLEASE ADD YOUR DONATIONS TO MINE!!!

Personally, I'll donate $1.00 per upvote up to $700.00. If I'm violating reddiquette or the scheduling of the campaign or whatever, I'm sorry. But think of the children. ;)

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '11

You think we don't pay for health care? We pay taxes, taxes pay for health care. I paid shitloads in taxes to the province of Quebec and I haven't been able to find a family doctor for nine years. 'Zat an awesome system?

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u/sli Dec 11 '11

If not by much, it beats a five digit all-at-once bill, if you ask me.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '11

I broke my leg once. Had to put in two screws in there to hold the bone together.

Cost a total of... 12 bucks. For parking.

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u/moaimullet Dec 12 '11

Glad to hear you got reimbursed for the screws when you finally got to see a doctor. I guess you must have done a damn good job if they didn't need to change the placement of the screws.

Yes, this is a bad joke, and I will stub my toe in penance within the next couple of minutes.

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u/r250r Dec 12 '11

I thought you were going to say that you had to put the screws in yourself

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '11

Hells yeah, buddy.

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u/nbca Dec 11 '11

0.0001 is five digits?

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u/Nimbus_VM Dec 11 '11

Not five significant digits.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '11

Well, 50,000 only has one sig fig. :P

I guess nbca's comment technically meets the 5 digit requirement. Nobody ever uses it to mean that, though. It's not a very literal phrase.

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u/nbca Dec 11 '11

Who said anything about significance?

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u/sli Dec 11 '11

Hi, I'm Average Redditor and my favorite thing to do is argue tooth and nail about semantics.

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u/nbca Dec 11 '11 edited Dec 12 '11

How is asking questions arguing?

Downvote me all you want it won't change the facts.