Would you make a monetary donation (as a gift) to the US Govt?

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Might. They recently charged me because I did some mistake on a tax return when I still lived in the US eons ago. They claimed they couldn't get in touch w/ me, as I left the US and they didn't have a current address on file, so they got the money straight out of the bank account (nearly 10 years after the fact - I guess, they neede a court judgement or smthg, I am still waiting for the writtent explanations, now that I've given them my mailing address) - sure enough that made me notice. I am now debating, if I should dig into boxes w/ ancient financial documents to file an ammended return to get the money back. Perhaps I will, perhaps I won't. Then, I do sometimes give to charities which are, probably, not much more efficient than the US gov't. So, I am rather tempted to consider it a charity gift to the gov't - perhaps, I'd get a credit for it when it's time to go upstairs.