Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for October 03, 2016
Transcript:
Rat: I just gave money to charity. Goat: That's wonderful. Virtue is its own reward Rat: You mean down the road there's no cash in it for me? Goat: Nope. You do it just for the joy of doing it. Rat: So it's like I set fire to the money. Goat: Let's start over.
BE THIS GUY about 8 years ago
That would be fun if you were a pyromaniac.
cdgar about 8 years ago
I feel the same way about the money give to the IRS.
Oshietekun about 8 years ago
Stay out the strip clubs Rat.
AGED_ENGINEER Premium Member about 8 years ago
So, is Charity a bimbo Rat just met?
If so, it reminds me of a Three Stooges gag in a two-reeler where they played pilgrims.
Wilde Bill about 8 years ago
No. Rat is right.
Kaputnik about 8 years ago
When you pay taxes it’s like you set fire to the money.
Adiraiju about 8 years ago
A friend of mine tried to guilt me into giving to his favorite charity, and I wound up pointing out that if I did, effectively I’d just be paying to furnish the office of some executive in their multimillion-dollar headquarters.
Proginoskes about 8 years ago
@cdgar @Kaputnik. I don’t pay taxes, because I’m smart.
bigcatbusiness about 8 years ago
So he sent in money expecting more money? What does Rat think charity is? Another name for lottery?
GuntherGrass about 8 years ago
She’s an educator most recently, a pole dancing teacher.
jimmjonzz Premium Member about 8 years ago
As regards charities that spend significant amounts of offices, materiel, paid employees, etc. There’s at least one charity I know of where every penny given goes to those in need. I suspect there are more, if one is willing to search them out. The one I know is UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief. How do they manage to spend zero on offices, transport, salaries, etc.? They make use of existing structures, personnel, etc. that are already in place and paid for out of other UM church funds to distribute the items needed to individuals who need them. In other words, if you write a dedicated check for one hundred dollars to UMCOR, every cent of that one hundred goes to buy food, shelter, clothes, water purification facilities, medicine, school supplies, or whatever else is needed by the target community. None goes to administration or other supporting personnel or apparatus.
Brass Orchid Premium Member about 8 years ago
No. Having it taken for taxes is light setting it on fire.Except that setting it on fire would make the remaining money worth slightly more, where giving it to the government will make all the money worth slightly less.
juicebruce about 8 years ago
If one can one should give to charity.
eddie6192 about 8 years ago
There’s no joy in “Ratsville”.
NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 8 years ago
I was at a store where if you gave 10 bucks to the Jimmy Fund they would announce your name. I said I’d give the 10 if They Didn’t!!
Shawn Black Premium Member about 8 years ago
What goat doesn’t know is that Charity is the name of a stripper.
RACerri32 about 8 years ago
All you Chump morons who complain about taxes are idiots & maybe should collect some P.A.S. which is the least return you can get from your taxes .
evsxrk about 8 years ago
Those who claim paying taxes is like burning their money should try living in a place with no functioning government, like Somalia. As for charity, for someone like Rat who is completely self-centered it might seem like burning money, but even Rat might indirectly benefit from not having lots of poor people dying on the streets around him.
Guilty Bystander about 8 years ago
Some great charities out there, some others that are only a front for pocket-lining. The Charity Navigator website is a good place to start telling which is which…checking out their 990 tax forms is even better because you can see how much these people pay themselves. Any “charity” that applies less than 50% of its revenue to what it claims to exist for (or pays megabucks to its top execs) doesn’t see a dime of my money.
asianwoof about 8 years ago
Rat’s Charity Motto: Charity’s fine, subscribe to mine.Rat’s Evangelical Ministry Motto: You got to give to get.
Paul Rider Premium Member about 8 years ago
Am I the only one who sees states in the bricks making up the wall? California, Ohio, Tennessee, Delaware?
GuntherGrass about 8 years ago
New York? Montana?
Number Three about 8 years ago
I donate blood and I prefer that than giving money to charity because anybody can put a few coins into a tin. But not everybody can donate blood. xxx
KEA about 8 years ago
If you get something for it, it’s not a gift.
Sisyphos about 8 years ago
Sweet Charity? C’mon, Rat. We know you better. You can’t con the cons. We get it: you’ve got money to burn!
sammy600 about 8 years ago
I think what goat thinks