EVE General Discussion

In this case when you make something under a charities name you are 'expected' to make donations and accept criticism because you are intending to raise money for the said charity you have chosen to represent, lets not steer away from the fact that once this network is setup then the passive profit will be massive.

Bill Gates IRL does donate a lot to charity, mostly his own charity which could be argued that its being done to profit himself more.

Personally i think that this whole business venture should have all its profits and income made public.

Toobo, you're being disingenuous or not understanding something here: if a structure is named SICK CHILDREN CHARITY, then the smaller the amount that goes to charity the more of an offence against decency it is. Twenty five percent sounds a bit mean.
Oh, the IWI link in your sig, ok.

The reason why most of those rich people donate so much to charity is that it is a tax break, usually a GOOD one like here in Canada it is often matched by the govt dollar for dollar on taxes so for every $1 given you get a $2 tax exemption. This is often better than paying taxes on their or their business' income outright. Then if you build your own charity you get tax free status on that charity and can pay your workers incomes from YOUR charity dollars as wages. If you then work for said charity you are in effect paying yourself and your friends with your money and getting a govt tax break in the process.

Bill Gates and others make INCREDIBLE paper incomes in the likes of capital gains taxes that must be paid as their companies stocks skyrocket, owning controlling or large share blocks as they often do in them, taxes must be paid on them that are usually taxed in the highest tax bracket. Here in Canada that is above 50%.

So no I dont necessarily respect those that do it for the tax breaks and in fact have often wondered if my govt revoked that tax break for one year just how much charitable donations would drop. I am cynical but I know human nature and it would plummet like the Chinese space station will soon enough from orbit into the sea.

This is in effect the same thing. Making a profit off charitable giving while the "tax break" is in the form of no one shoots the citadels because "OMG think of the children!!!" Which imo is a sad way to do business imo.


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Google It and think before you support or dont support


Thought Id leave something like this here too.

Just to add, if Care 4 Kids got any sort of game benefit from CCP for doing this then yes, there is something to discuss maybe. But as long as they playing by the same game rules and are vulnerable in a way that anybody in game can be, what can we really say about that.

Like I said in my first post, I'm unsure about putting out of game spin on in game op. What I'm arguing against is how people expect charity and donation from the 'rich' as if that's something to be expected and demanded.

I don't think I have much more to comment anymore. :p anyone, Lenny or whoever can do anything they want under any spin they want and donate as little or as much as they want. In my book, it's all okay as long as it's not in violation of EULA/TOS, and I let CCP judge that.

For all I care they can accept cash donations and make millions of RL $$$ and donate 0$ to charity. Not my business, and I don't understand why some people make ot their business to talk about what others do. My brains are just wired differently from those who care about what others do and I don't think I can understand, so I shall stop here.

Good luck with your ventures. There is always option for people who oppose this to make bigger projec than this and make bigger ISK than them and and accept more cash donations than them donate more % than them, or burn them down with brute force EVE style.

Just a quick clarification. While the above statement is correct in general, you need to make sure that your actions are in concordance with the EVE Terms of Service (especially pay attention to section 10 and 11) and the EVE EULA.

We also want to remind everyone that we have a zero tolerance policy regarding charity scamming. If you find a charity related scam, please immediately contact our customer support team. Thank you!