Yes, tax hikes do cut charitable giving

By Rudy Takala

Published September 23, 2015 4:01am ET

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Yes, tax hikes do cut charitable giving — "States with smaller governments tend to provide for perceived public needs by giving more to charity to fill that gap," aÂ report found.Â (Photo by AP images) | Richard W. Rodriguez

A new study has found that people who pay more in taxes are less generous when it comes to charitable giving.

Looking at data from 1997 to 2012, researchers at the American Legislative Exchange Council found that taxpayers who give more to the government keep more of their money overall than their less-heavily taxed counterparts in other states, because they don’t bother giving to charity after government has finished with them.

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