NY Times: Bleeding Heart Tightwads
This holiday season is a time to examine who’s been naughty and who’s
been nice, but I’m unhappy with my findings. The problem is this: We
liberals are personally stingy.
Just as I suspected.Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for generous
government spending to help the neediest people at home and abroad. Yet
when it comes to individual contributions to charitable causes,
liberals are cheapskates.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.
2 comments:
who doesn't prefer spending other people's money - I know I do. Oh dear lord, does that make me a liberal?
The problem is liberals do not want to personally help those in need. They want the government to do it for them. Preferably with other people's money.
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