# Why don't the wealthy give more?

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/03/21/why-don039t-wealthy-give-more/
- Published: 2001-03-21T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

“Comic Relief is one of those national whip-rounds where the poorest end up paying
the most,” argues Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian. “As the hard-earned donations
came in, the… question nagged: where are the rich?”

 

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“Comic Relief is one of those national whip-rounds where the poorest end up paying
the most,” argues Jonathan Freedland in The Guardian. “As the hard-earned donations
came in, the… question nagged: where are the rich?”

 

 

Freedland contrasts the charitable giving of wealthy people in the UK with that 
of wealthy people in the USA. He points out that “now might be a good time to start
asking the rich to cough up,” since there are now 200,000 millions in Britain now,“
twice the 1996 number.”

 

 

 

 

Read Precious little giving by Jonathan Freedland at GuardianUnlimited.