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And don't doubt the amount of money that humans will give to charity uncoerced. See the relief efforts for the Tsunami and Katrina for examples.

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You do realize there's a difference between giving money for a one-time biblical-type hurricane/flood and giving to the myriad of charities that would need to exist to provide for those who fall through the cracks often enough to keep them out of 3rd world-type poverty, right?