No on Prop. 8, plus some money musings

[dreams_of_wings]

I've been thinking a lot lately about where I can put my money so that it can do the most good*. I've contributed to the Obama campaign, to Care International, and I've updated and redistributed my Kiva micro-loans. (On Kiva I always give to women, and if possible to women who are single parents, unmarried, or widowed, since statistically those

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[drwex]

Thanks for the pointer. I donated to No on 8.

[in_parentheses]

Go you! Those all sound like excellent places for your donations to go.

I've been trying to reorganize how I donate lately, myself -- it all feels haphazard, and I don't like that. Really the problem is that I don't have any idea how much I really have to donate. I've tried drawing up budgets and calculating how much I spend and all of that, with no success. So I just toss money at stuff I care about, and so far it hasn't made me feel poor! (Prop. 8 did get some dollars from me, via a coworker who's involved with a raffle-ish thing for them.)

[cos]

Thanks for posting about this.

I donated to No on 8 recently. Also Vote No on Q 1 here in Massachusetts: eliminate the income tax. Last time this got on the ballot it got 45%, so as crazy as it sounds I wouldn't take its defeat for granted.

I'm also thinking of donating to No on 46 and No on 48 in Colorado. 46 is the deceptive one which looks like it's an anti-discrimination measure but would actually ban affirmative action / equal opportunity programs, and 48 is the one that defines a fertilized egg as a "person" under the CO Constitution.