“People who have retired or partially retired [...] can join Giving What We Can and remain members for as long as they continue to donate at least 10% of their spending money (as defined above).”
Is the “10%” number here accurate? At all other locations where “spending money” is mentioned, the corresponding percentage is 1%.
The difference to me is that the other situations are usually temporary. If you’re a student, or unemployed, or a full-time parent, you’re donating 1% of spending money to keep some skin in the game with the expectation that at some point you’ll earn enough to do a normal pledge. If you’re retired, pledging 1% of spending money with no plan to ever donate more isn’t much of a commitment.
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“People who have retired or partially retired [...] can join Giving What We Can and remain members for as long as they continue to donate at least 10% of their spending money (as defined above).”
Is the “10%” number here accurate? At all other locations where “spending money” is mentioned, the corresponding percentage is 1%.
Sorry I missed seeing this earlier.
The difference to me is that the other situations are usually temporary. If you’re a student, or unemployed, or a full-time parent, you’re donating 1% of spending money to keep some skin in the game with the expectation that at some point you’ll earn enough to do a normal pledge. If you’re retired, pledging 1% of spending money with no plan to ever donate more isn’t much of a commitment.