Wherein a confessed “bleeding heart” confronts the simple truth that generosity does not mean using the government to give away someone else’s money.
Arthur Brooks, the author of a book on donors to charity, “Who Really Cares,” cites data that households headed by conservatives give 30 percent more to charity than households headed by liberals. A study by Google found an even greater disproportion: average annual contributions reported by conservatives were almost double those of liberals.
And our own Government is high on that “generosity”list as well…
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081222/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/meltdown_secrets;_ylt=AkzmuDHZ1MRxcv9C4DOvqYus0NUE
Comment by Bob — 22 December, 2008 @ 9:56