Why not increase the break? Personally I think charitable contributions should be deductable at 100%. Of course that would never fly with the unions that represent the public employee union drones that suck up nine out of every ten dollars funneled through the public teat before it ever gets to a needy person. Of course those members can be unified to vote Democratic, whereas the folks on the dole may or may not show up to vote, or even understand where their bread is buttered.