12 thoughts on “Home Depot Does Good

  1. It always strikes me as amusing how corporate America so easily bamboozles the populace about its “charity efforts.” Considering Home Depot will write the entire expense off on their next tax form, I’m more inclined to thank the American taxpayers for their generosity than I am Home Depot. My favorite corporate “charity” scam is when McDonald’s or 7-11 puts jars out for customers to donate to MDA or another charity, then send their CEO to shake hands with Jerry Lewis and sing the praises of the company’s giving ways when they hand out checks raised with their customers’ money….and then still get a sweetheart tax writeoff out of the deal.

  2. Leave it to a liberal to throw cold water on a nice gesture to benefit our troops.

    Mark, by your reasoning all charitable contributions are unworthy because all charitable contributions are tax write-offs, whether for corporations or for individuals.

  3. So, Mark, what would you rather have happen…that Home Depot made no contribution of this kind?

    Perhaps you’d prefer the money be given to Michael Moore, so he can slander our troops more…yeah, that’s a good expenditure of money, to support anti-American Moore…

  4. Another Thought, I don’t necessarily disapprove of charitable donations producing tax writeoffs for individuals or corporations, but at the same time I’m not gonna lavish praise on Home Depot for donating $1 million of taxpayer money so that they can get free advertising.

  5. Mark makes a good point. It’s a good gesture, but $1 million is chump change (and a tax deduct) for the Home Depot.

    And again Another Thought, your name calling (this time of Michael Moore) is demeaning and petty.

  6. Mark and Bubbahotep: First off, no one is “lavishing praise” on Home Depot; it is appropriate to recognize a good gesture and that is all that is being done…hardly excessive. Plus, it’s not as if this is the only contribution Home Depot makes…

    If good acts are recognized then presumably they will be encouraged and more of that activity will occur. It’s simple.

    And Bubbahotep: Sorry if my treatment of Moore offends you so much…please..get real…and I only call Moore for what he is…an anti-American propagandist…

  7. Another, Jay said he will start shopping at Home Depot now even though he hasn’t before. The headline of his entry was “Home Depot Does Good.” That’s lavishing praise. A company has to do far better than donate tax-deductible money before I’ll make a specific point of shopping there over the competition….and Home Depot’s track record elsewhere isn’t so hot.

  8. Mark: I guess it’s a matter of semantics and what one considers as “lavishing praise.”

    To me, what Jay posted was a modest recognition of a company doing some good and not “lavish praise”…and I still maintain that as we recognize companies and individuals for doing good, this will promote more of that behavior…

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  10. I guess my thoughts on this stem from the fact that I am trying to access much needed grants. Home Depot provides grants and receives a tax write off. The recipient of that donation would be unlikely to get the same donations from the Federal government. Therefore, Home Depot is redirecting taxpayers money to taxpayers. Regardless of the intention, whether its good marketing, a desire to do good or simply a tax writer, it benefits community programs.

  11. I think if a company tries to do good, and their good deed somehow helps someone in need, is money well spent. Home Depot is always there for the community and even though there is tax write-off, they are helping were others would even try.

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