REPEAL THE CHARITABLE TAX DEDUCTION? I’m inclined to agree with this suggestion. The 501(c)(3) sector is bloated, unaccountable, and a source of considerable political distortion. And efforts to police the politicization of that area just lead to troubling questions about the IRS and political speech. Better to just get rid of the deduction, except for charitable hospitals and the like, and let the market sort things out.