Comments by "Ynhockey" (@Ynhockey) on "Why Punishments Can End up Incentivizing Crime" video.

  1. For the part about charitable donations, Israel is a great case to look at as well. There is a population in Israel called Haredim (ultra-orthodox Jews, though it's a simplistic description), who work much less, and pay fewer taxes to the state. Most of them also don't feel like they belong in the state, and report to the community first. Since most of them pay so few taxes and avoid other social responsibilities (work, army service), it turns out that they do have the most charitable donations compared to income, with an extreme (in a good way) level of volunteering, not seen elsewhere. At the same time, it's likely that if they paid equal taxes on average (i.e. got jobs, or acquired more skills for better jobs), it would be possible to forego all that charity and just outright fund the same causes, with a lot of money left over. It's a trade-off with somewhat unpredictable results.
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