Loyalty is more
valuable than donations.
Not exact matches
While Miscavige and his organization have held up the media complex as a
valuable tool for spreading the message of Scientology and recruiting new members to join, the new facilities have received criticism from opponents of the religion — including some former members — who claim the complex is nothing more
than a propaganda machine and a ploy to attract
donations.
On Wednesday, the conflicts board decided that all
donations to such a legal defense fund would be considered a «
valuable gift» — and as such under campaign finance laws would be restricted to less
than $ 50 per contributor.
Although wallets are a little more tightly closed in Boston
than in New York when it comes to monetary
donations (perhaps that's because the credit card debt per person is about 17 % higher here), Bostonians are way better at volunteering their time, which is just as
valuable.
Donating appreciated securities carries
valuable tax savings, too — namely, the donor won't owe capital gains taxes on the appreciation in the shares, and he or she can deduct the full market value of the shares at the time of the
donation, provided the investor has owned them for up to one year and provided the deduction is less
than 30 % of adjusted gross income.