A change in state law that eliminates tax credits for charitable donations shouldn’t impact such giving, one Mackinac Center analyst told The Jackson Citizen Patriot.
“I don’t see it having a major impact on giving in the state,” Mike LaFaive, director of fiscal policy, told the paper. “The best anti-poverty program in the world is a good economy.”
For more analysis by Center experts on charitable giving, see here, here and here.
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