Last year Americans contributed close to $600 billion to charity. That’s both a lot and a little. It’s more than the GDP of 85 percent of the 195 countries of the world. But it’s only 2 percent of U.S. GDP — far less than the 10 percent-of-income rule set by Abraham in the book of Genesis.
But what if we could get Uncle Sam to match our donations? Would that loosen our wallets?