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Alexandra Petri: No, not the Trump Foundation!

Too few people accept the premise that the best way to help those in need is by giving rich people more money to spend. And by too few people I mean, sadly, only a slight majority of the current Congress; that is still not everyone.

Alas for the one foundation that took this giving philosophy and applied it in the realm of philanthropy. Why should giving more to those with much be the exclusive province of the distributor of tax breaks? The Trump Foundation looked around this country and thought about its most pressing problems and understood that the answer was: Billionaires in general, and the Trump family in particular, need more money at their disposal.