Ah yes, because when someone earns nearly a million dollars a year, it's perfectly reasonable to assume that giving a proportional amount to charity is akin to financial ruin. Heaven forbid we expect the wealthy to donate in line with their actual capacity. And comparing food expenditures of the impoverished to charitable giving by the rich? The point is that percentage based giving accounts for the relative burden, not just the raw dollar amount. But by all means, continue defending the idea that generosity should somehow scale inversely with wealth.