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Study: Religious Regions Give More to Charity, Red States More Generous Than Blue

[Editor's note: The following is a cross post that originally appeared on CNBC.com]

A new study shows that middle-class Americans give a larger share of their income to charity than the wealthy.

The study, conducted by the Chronicle of Philanthropy using tax-deduction data from the Internal Revenue Service, showed that households earning between $50,000 and $75,000 year give an average of 7.6 percent of their discretionary income to charity.

That compares to 4.2 percent for people who make $100,000 or more. In some of the wealthiest neighborhoods, with a large share of people making $200,000 or more a year, the average giving rate was 2.8 percent.

Religion is the big factor here. “Regions of the country that are deeply religious are more generous than those that are not,” the Chronicle said.

Red states give much more than blue states. The eight states where residents gave the highest share of their income to charity went for John McCain in 2008, according to the Chronicle. The seven-lowest ranking states supported Barack Obama.

The study will no doubt prompt controversy from both sides of the political aisle, with liberals saying the wealthy don’t give (and therefore should be taxed more), while conservatives will say they give more than left-leaning states.

The study also feeds into the new thread of research that argues that the wealthy are meaner and more selfish than the non-rich. The Chronicle of Philanthropy study suggests that wealthy people who live in mixed-income areas give more and are more empathetic than those who live in exclusively wealthy enclaves.

There is one important fact that is missing from all of these studies. High-income earners still account for the largest share of giving. In 2006 taxpayers with incomes over $100,000 made more than half of all donations, according to The Economist.

Of course, they also make the lion’s share of the country’s income.

But when it comes to looking for the big money in philanthropy, the wealthy and high-earners should still be the largest target group for charities.

Do you think the rich are less charitable than the non-rich?

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Comments (92)

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:18pm

    Well Everyone Knows vp biden is CHEAP

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    • jzs
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:54pm

      This study proves the influence of the Ayn Rand philosophy. Rand felt and said that the highest moral purpose in life is a man’s self-interest. That, in fact, was the basis of the morality she proposed. Altruism, the idea that it’s a virtue to care for your fellow American, your fellow human being, was denounced by Rand. In contrast to the Bible, and the teachings of Christ, Rand taught that altruism was evil. And foolish. The super-rich are saving civilization says Rand, and the “poorest among us” that Christ spoke of are the “moochers.”

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 1:32am

      JZS – Yet the study shows that you precious limousine liberals don’t give your own money to charity. You only advocate higher taxes that you expect everybody else to have to pay for.

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    • themachinist239
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 11:36am

      JZS, good points. It is the strict adherence to any one ideology that destroys us. How one can swear off altruism is beyond me, as helping a fellow man in need is a part of human nature; perhaps an element that Rand may have lacked. Self interest has its advantages too, as ones instincts of survival can lead to self-improvement, among others. It’s the purist fringe elements of both sides that will be our downfall.

      Git-r-done, “Limousine liberals”….so….you’re implying everyone wealthy enough to afford a limo is a liberal? Interesting.

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    • NeoFan
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 12:37pm

      @JZS What the study really points out is that living by example is something totally foreign to liberals when it comes to caring for their fellowman. All this talk about caring for the poor but when it means actually parting with a penny to help someone liberals remain selfish. They view helping people as beneath them. That is work for some bureaucrat. Like yourself they talk the talk but don’t walk the walk.
      Like it or not the quality of charity is a conservative value and conservatives live by example. They don’t subscribe to some Utopian Marxist fantasy that has failed every time it has been tried. Marxism and communism have never been a good substitute for the values embodied in Judao-Christian beliefs.
      JZS your side has always failed and always will. Good always wins over evil in the end.
      Ayn Rand grew up under communism and was just barely bright enough to see the obvious benefits to the Judao-Christian system of capitalism and liberty. We dont follow Ayn Rand. She was a fan of us.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 3:56pm

      Machinist – It’s you left wingers who live along the coastal areas who are super wealthy.

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    • Amarilloan
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 6:34pm

      I can’t believe you people are wasting valuable time trying to teach JZS. He’s beyond help.

      Why would anyone be surprised at the findings of this study. Conservatives give from the heart and Liberals impose giving through taxation.

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  • christhefanatic
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:08pm

    I heard of a study that was done…but I may or may not have it correctly.
    According to this study as I have it…Conservatives, the Right wing…see life in this world as the pursuit of what the study called“happiness”….Am I happy, are you happy, who is happy and who is not? The participants in the study were not asked to define“ happiness” for obvious reasons…a thousand people, a thousand different answers. The Left-wing, on the other hand, saw life as the pursuit of what the study called “enough”. Do I have enough, do you have enough, who has enough and who doesn’t? Again, they were not asked to define “enough”.
    Also, they asked people, left and right, all of whom earned about $50,000 per year, if they considered themselves financially”mis-fortunate”. That, apparently, was the word they used. The Right-wing generally answered“no”, the Left-wing generally answered“yes”.

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    • christhefanatic
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:20pm

      The study, as I understand it, drew no conclusions. Though, one might draw ones’ own conclusions. For example…The Right-wing tend to see their financial condition as a result of decisions they have made themselves. The Left-wing tend to see it as the result of luck…or bad luck.
      The Right-wing see life as the pursuit of an ethereal thing…The Left as the pursuit of a material thing.

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    • christhefanatic
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 11:12pm

      They also found that people who were living in abject poverty…what am I going to eat…where am I going to sleep?…tended to be very unhappy and there was a direct connection between their material condition and their unhappiness. But among both “low income” people and wealthy people they could find no connection between their happiness or unhappiness and their financial condition…they were either happy or unhappy for whatever other reasons.

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  • LTinUT
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 9:42pm

    The company I work for participates in community service projects several times per year (food drives, Sub for Santa, United Way, blood drives, and so on). Participation is high but I’ve noticed the co-worker who is a rabid left-wing liberal atheist never participates. The philosophy is “that is what I pay taxes for.”

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  • Moneyguy
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 9:38pm

    This really isn’t a surprise. We, as Americans, are a generous people. It is amazing what we can do.

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  • VoteBushIn12
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:59pm

    The original title of the article was
    “The Rich Are Less Charitable Than the Middle Class: Study”

    But that wouldn’t fly on the Blaze so it was changed. Good work team.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 1:33am

      Yet it’s you Marxists who are less charitable than those you demonize.

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 2:43am

      Git-r done calls perfect strangers, marxists. That’s so intelligent.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 3:57pm

      Voiceofnoreason – If the shoe fits, wear it. You’ve admitted that you hate the rich and want to confiscate their wealth.

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  • FuturePresident
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:47pm

    It‘s kind of disappointing to see that the rich aren’t paying a higher percentage. Especially when a percentage means more to a poor person, or for that matter the middle class. Isn‘t it nice to know I’m 21 make 10$/hr, work overtime every week and get taxed at a higher percentage then the average of the top 400 tax payers in our country?

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    • VoteBushIn12
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:55pm

      If only everyone thought like we do.

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    • eCharleen
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 9:08pm

      Go build something so you can take advantage of all those legal loop holes. It‘s nobody’s fault that you’re content to make $10/hour. Put your ****** out there.

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    • eCharleen
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 9:13pm

      Okay… Romper Room.

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    • christhefanatic
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 10:50pm

      I have always believed that most worthless people are among the lower classes, but the most worthless people are among the wealthy…and the middle class is the class to aspire to.

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    • gandalf1g
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 1:32am

      I would like to see the breakdown of charitable donations not by amount of wealth, but by the method the position wealth was achieved. I suspect that people who actually WORKED to achieve wealth are more charitable then those who either inherited or achieved a position of wealth by less then honorable means.

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    • nomark
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 4:22am

      Something I ask people to consider.

      If a middle income person gives 7.6% of their income, that’s on average $3344. If a “rich” person gives 2.8% that’s at least $5600. So I ask, if you were the head of a charity: Would you rather have the check for $3,344 from someone “sympathetic” to the plight of the poor, or a $5600 check from “one of those rich uncaring bastards?”

      There is also something else to consider. When it comes to tax time, a “rich” person sees tens of thousands of their dollars going to a government that is at best, ineffective. You see your money squandered. But you do that because you are forced to do it under threat of the law. So when it comes to charity time, you figure “I’ve given already” and so are less likely to pony up even more of your money.

      One more thing to think about. When you consider Romney, who really did give 10% of his income to his church and another 6-9% to other charities, it makes him stand out from “the uncaring rich bastards” doesn’t it?

      Note: I’m not a Romney person. (I’m a Ron Paul guy) but I’ve decided to vote for Romney/Ryan because it’s better than the alternative. If Gary Johnson pulls off a miracle the last week of the campaign and it is close to a dead heat, I will swing my vote his way easy. But other than that, it’s R&R for me and pray Rand Paul (or any number of other people who have impressed me) run in 2016..

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  • JohnLarson
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:38pm

    Hey how does it feel to have your “charity” giving going to pay settlements in child molestation cases?

    Well… at least that money is still going to children.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 9:00pm

      Public schools molest far more children than the Catholic Church.

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  • eCharleen
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:25pm

    And this is a surprise? Liberals have always been more generous with other people’s money than their own.

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  • Git-R-Done
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:23pm

    Liberals think that increasing taxes and voting for increasing government programs count as being charitable when it doesn’t.

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 2:45am

      All REAL economists agree, revenues must be increased.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 3:58pm

      Voiceofinsanity – You don’t know anything about economics. You’re dumb enough to think that socialism actually works.

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  • Altair
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:52pm

    “Religion is the big factor here. ”

    No, it’s not. Culture, decency and social mores are.

    Antithetical to the Democrat persuasion.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:37pm

    The best places to live in the US are the south and the midwest. Most of the south are red states and the midwest states go between one and the other color. In fact….these states should refuse to let Washington D.C. dictate to us. They can’t kill us all.

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    • 22AUTOMATIC
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:22pm

      In April I sent and email with stats about who is more charitable (conservatives or liberals) to The O’reilly Factor because after researching it I found out that conservatives actually give double what liberals do to charity and donate 44% more time to volunteering for charitable causes. I sent it Friday night at 9pm and O’reilly lead with it on his talking points memo on Monday (really cool – emails actually CAN get through!). The link to it is below. He also mentions the resources I gave him including Arthur Brookes’ book “Who Really Cares.” Still, though conservatives donate more time and money and progressives want OTHER PEOPLE to do it and not them, it‘s sad that it’s not at least 10%. Over the past six years I’ve gotten up to 20% to 25% of my income going the charity and/or charitable causes. And just as the Bible says “give and it shall be given unto you” – the more I give the more prosperity that comes my way allowing me to give more. If you’re having money troubles try it, it works!

      http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2012/04/17/bill-oreilly-personal-generosity-and-social-justice

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  • hillbillyinny
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:20pm

    You lilberal bigots, spin this any way that makes you feel better, but, whether one gives to a church or a charity or a foundation, they are sharing their money with others–maybe not how you would, but they are sharing.

    Most liberals give only to causes that “save the world” or “save the whales.” Individually, they couldn’t really care about helping their fellow humans–that’s the “government’s job”! Where does the government get the money, either taxing those who are working and/or printing more (which devalues all of our money)!

    You guys don’t like truth, but we conservatives KNOW THE TRUTH, WE PARTICIPATE IN IT, we give of our money, our time and ourselves!

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  • FREEDOMoverFEAR
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:15pm

    Hey all you stupid Christian (Christians aren’t all stupid just the ones who donate to charities.) remember every time you donate to a blind charity (A phrase I‘ve coined to describe people who give money to a charity that gives their money to someone they don’t know) you’re hurting innocent people. Charities allow rapist and murderers in Africa to continue their horrible acts rather than looking for food and shelter. Welfare allowed people to sit on their porch, drinking and getting high, watching me go to work and memorize my schedule. Leading to them to steal from me making it more difficult for me to save up to leave the hood. Charity should be done by and individual for another individual to make sure the person recieving charity utilizes it properly.

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  • RightThinking1
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:03pm

    This has been known for years.
    My favorite examples were the charitable donations by Gore & Clinton. I don’t think it was $500 between the two them.
    As often as not, touted charitable giving by celebrities is a tiny fraction of their income, and often to ’causes’ like Save the Whales.

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  • Locked
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:47pm

    The article doesn’t address this, but one significant issue with using tax-deductions is that church tithes are tax deductible. Churches are not charities (though they may be charitable). There’s a significant difference between feeling obligated to give ten percent of your income to your church, and donating ten percent of your income to a charity.

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    • Fedpro
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:06pm

      Red states give more to charity because more people work in these states as opposed to the blue states who vote democratic so they can stay home and leach off those who work. Obama wants to “spread the wealth” and these blue state voters are looking for their freebies.

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    • FREEDOMoverFEAR
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:36pm

      Locked, you’re stupid, so donations to a church aren‘t charity but paying for a woman’s abortion is? You’re extremely stupid.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:44pm

      Not to worry Barry‘s going to do away with the tax deduction to church’s and I believe all charities because government doesn’t like competition. They would rather have people dependent on government than charities,something about buying votes.

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    • Locked
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:01pm

      @Freedomoverfear

      “so donations to a church aren‘t charity but paying for a woman’s abortion is?”

      Is planned parenthood a charity?

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    • FREEDOMoverFEAR
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:50pm

      Yes planned parenthood is a charity giving someone something for free is a charity, is it not?

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    • Locked
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 5:31am

      “Yes planned parenthood is a charity giving someone something for free is a charity, is it not?”

      In your own words, then it is a charity. Good: you seemed confused before. I’m glad you agree it is a charity, while a church, strictly speaking, is not.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 4:00pm

      Locked – Advocating for higher taxes and giving that money to Planned Parenthood and other welfare programs doesn’t count as being charitable.

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  • JohnLarson
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:41pm

    Religious regions give more to CHURCHES, so they can build more mega-churches and give a small portion to actual charity.

    In Romney’s case, his “charitable” giving goes to building Mormon castles in San Diego. I drove by the Mormon castle once, it’s huge and gaudy… that money could have gone to hungry children.

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    • Altair
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:53pm

      You KNOW that ?

      Or you just hate.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:54pm

      Atta boy Johnny,spoken like a true lib,tell the man how to spend his money,lmao what a tool.

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    • JohnLarson
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:06pm

      People can spend their money however they want, but you can’t claim giving to church is just as noble as giving to… lets say, the Red Cross, a non-profit that doesn’t need to build castles.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:19pm

      Only an idiot would claim that giving to a church isn’t noble.

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    • Rosalyn
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:41pm

      Say what you want about the LDS church but we take care of our people. Tithes go towards helping out those who are less fortunate. The church encourages all members to be self-sufficient but when they fall on hard times they are not left to suffer. To really get a good idea about Mormon charity you should spend some time in a bishop’s storehouse and see the good that goes on there.

      I have personally benefitted from the kindness of the Mormon church. As a young struggling couple we found ourselves unable to pay our bills. Instead of turning to the government we went to our bishop and asked for help. He helped my husband get a second job and we were able to get all our food, diapers , and toiletries from the bishop’s storehouse. In exchange I volunteered. We got assistance for two months. We were able to get back on our feet and since then have never needed any form of assistance. I am so grateful for the charity of others and I make sure to be charitable also. I know that because of my tithes some other person is able to get the help they need.

      So please don‘t say churches don’t help people because they do. They feed and clothe the less fortunate every single day with the help of wonderful Christians.

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    • FREEDOMoverFEAR
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:48pm

      This country is great because Christians worked hard to exemplify the glory of God. I’m an atheist but I believe America is great because of Christians. Christian immigrants came to make American great, modern immigrants come to America because it is great.

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    • destrecht
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 12:40am

      a a huge potion of the Catholic tithe goes to Catholic charities. They go where the red cross fears to tread

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    • Verceofreason
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 2:51am

      The Mormon Church gives less than 10% of their Billions in tithes to charity.

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    • grayling646
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 3:37am

      Hey John:
      When ever someone at work or at the bar uses that ‘you could have used that money to help the poor’ crap, I ask them to name a poor person. No one ever has.
      If we were face to face and I asked you to name one hungry child I bet you couldn’t do it. That’s how much you really care about hungry children. Yours is all lip service. Same as most all liberals.

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    • themachinist239
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 12:58pm

      @GIT-R-DONE

      “Only an idiot would claim that giving to a church isn’t noble.”

      There you go again posing perfect, flawless arguments! Ad hominem doesn’t protect your opinion from scrutiny.

      “Only an idiot would dare challenge my opinion”. Get over yourself, internet tough guy. I for one think giving to your church isn’t necessarily noble. It is consistent with your religious view, nothing more, nothing less. Whether or not it is ‘noble’ is subjective. I as an atheist can donate to scientific research but would never consider it ‘noble’ despite the donation being consistent with my belief. There is nothing noble about amassing large pools of cash for mega-churches, grandiose television programs, expensive clothing, catholic bishop molestation legal defense fund, etc… I’m aware only a small percentage of churches do this, hence why your claim of nobility isn’t accurate.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 3:59pm

      Themachinist – That’s b/c you atheists consider it to be charitable to increase taxes and redistribute wealth. So if anybody needs to get over themselves, it’s you.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 4:19pm

      Themachinist – Don’t forget that your precious government schools have to spend even more taxpayer money on child molestation incidents than the Catholic church. So you might want to get off of your self righteous high horse.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:41pm

    Wow what a surprise this is!
    The blue liberal arrogant tell you what to do/think states – want you to give your $$ -then tell you how stupid you are.
    Romney gives millions to charity – Obama and Bidin give hardly anything. They want to give your $$
    then tell you how bad America is- disgusting humans

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  • tmead
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:15pm

    I am a small businessman and belong to a group of others who assist (very quietly) distressed families. since the recession we have individually increased our financial support over 50%. When Romney is criticized about his taxes, I point out that he gives 19% of his GROSS to charity. Based on my personal experience, that is TWICE as effective as paying 19% additional of his gross in TAXES. He is actually more effective that way, as is the Gates Foundation. Never be ashamed to be a conservative, but be humble about it. Just present the facts. I have NEVER met a generous lefty, with their own money.

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    • saranda
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:02pm

      Like you I prefer to give quietly and in fact seldom seek receipts as I find real charitable acts do not offer them.

      I don’t count giving to my church or my university of choice as charity. Too often the money is spent on non charity things like buildings multi billion dollar malls or buildings which have nothing to do with charity. For me, I give on the ground level. I have set up scholarships, give directly to foodbanks or families in need. I send money or goods anonymously to families I see in need and I use my daughters to widen my view. Used to give go my church but I left them behind when I recognized the wasted assets and money spent on “business” that was intended for charity.

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    • FREEDOMoverFEAR
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:23pm

      The Gates foundation perpetuates rape and murder. What, you think when the food and money arrives it’s handed out equally or do you think those who are fittest take from the weak? Then after their belly is full they rape and murder. Charity is evil, not only does it ensure lazy people stay lazy it allows those lazy people to have time on their hands to rob and steal from hard working people.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 9:09pm

      Yo Freedomoverfear:

      Charity isn’t evil … people are

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    • gandalf1g
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 1:55am

      I would agree. Though I am a lower middle class worker, I have worked for 5 or 6 smaller entrepreneurs and known them personally. Of the group, 2 were liberals, who inherited position, and the rest achieved on their own. The conservatives were personable, generous, and fair. They would not GIVE you anything, but they were all men of their word, and paid as agreed. Both of the liberals were less then honest and considered themselves elite.

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    • tmead
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 9:46am

      We make a habit of inviting various struggling families to Sunday dinner after church and making sure they take home leftovers. My wife hires women from struggling families to help her with housework (we are in our late 60′s) and pays generously. She somehow finds out children‘s sizes and ’discovers’ that she bought the wrong size clothes for our grandchildren, which just happen to fit those women’s children. Part of doing the right thing. My group networks with many other small businesses and we try to find work for people who are of good character and competent. We have paid utility bills anonymously and put envelope containing cash under doors and into purses. If you see people suffering through no fault of their own, it is easy to find ways to help which uplift. JUST DO IT.

      For those who find their church mis-using your contributions, find a Church which Jesus Christ would be proud of and move. My wife and I did that about 8 years ago. Our current church walks the talk.

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  • tmead
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:13pm

    We need to quietly, but proudly reject any statement that conservatives are uncaring and lack compassion. I have silenced some liberal critics by telling them that I judge by two criteria: character and competence. I welcome any American who meets those two criteria as a partner. I also tell them that I want all charity and welfare to be private because that is far more cost effective and I do not want to waste money. For example, I work with Habitat and have led a team which restored a donated ‘fixer-upper‘ and presented a Bible to the family which ’bought’ it. I know that Habitat builds 2 – 3 dwellings for the price of a Section 8 apartment built on taxpayer funds. The Habitat house becomes a private dwelling on the property tax rolls. The section 8 apartment does not. If the money spent on public housing had been given to Habitat, at least twice as many units would have been provided and renters turned into owners with significant sweat equity investments (strong motivation to keep up appearances, property values and pay your mortgage). Also, we had a bad tornado in my city in the last year. Significant damages. The morning after, crews from church‘s men’s organizations showed up with trucks and tools and got to work. Government employees started surveying damages. about a month later, the government convened a planning session to discuss repairs. 80% of the items had been completed. Normal for conservatives.

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    • westtitus
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:22pm

      The only people that would object to this would be the Democrat Politicians. They get rich off the poor and it would cut intotthier “fair chair”! Most of them are poverty pimps in their life outside of Politcs. It is sickening! The should be put in jail but nooo they get a pat on the back and a pass to just keep it up.

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  • tothepoint
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:13pm

    This is no surprise to me.
    Go review Obama’s taxes. Before he ran for President he gave $500 to charity and Biden gave $0 to charity before he became the VP nomination.
    The lefty Socialists want to spend your money, not theirs, to help others.

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  • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:12pm

    Whoa, whoa, whoa!!! Slow down there. This is complete lies and propaganda!

    You have to add to the left’s contributions all the money they gave that belonged to other people. When you total up how much they gave of someone else it’s not even close. Nice try right wingers! The left is way more caring…now fork over your paycheck so we can give it to planned parenthood and Acorn.

    Signed,

    The enlightened left.

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    • sgtbrown01
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:22pm

      Love the spot on satrie but I’m doing what I want with my money the crazy libs nedds to keep their grubby paws off

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    • socialism.rocks
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:29pm

      blue states completely fund red-states.. so this is absolute mythos
      this is a crock of bs anyways done by some rightwing group the “economist”
      and you just want force your christian beliefs on others its not because they are better at allocating resources then government i dont know one christian church really has done anything- for anyone that is a fact jack

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:47pm

      @Rocks,

      LOL. Now THAT is how you troll people.

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    • Komponist-ZAH
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:20pm

      Socialism.kills—

      “i dont know one christian church really has done anything- for anyone that is a fact jack”

      Then you live under a rock–which would explain a) your inability to capitalize, and b) your ignorance of economics. (I’ve heard it said that socialism is to economics what “young Earth” Creationism is to science.)

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:39pm

      socialismsux I knew you’d be on this one spreading your idiocy,socialism doesn’t work dumb @ss. News flash it’s been tried before and it fails every time.Government has NO resources you simpleton and public schools have F ed you up.

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  • christos
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:07pm

    For Shore,,,Republicans are generous employers also,,,Democrats are GREEDY.

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    • socialism.rocks
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 7:01pm

      that is why blue-states are net tax producers and red-states arent… there is only one net producing red-state the rest are welfare bums

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 8:21pm

      Socialism sucks – Government jobs in blue states can’t be tax producers, moron.

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    • destrecht
      Posted on August 21, 2012 at 12:47am

      Yeah, because Boeing, Cessna,koch, phillips, vornado…. Ect. Don’t actually make anything. Btw, that’s just Wichita.

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  • applehill
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:07pm

    I’ve always said it and I will say it here. I never met a generous liberal. They seem to believe in forcing others to give away money. No matter how much money a liberal person has, they never see themselves and being wealthy enough to give to anyone.

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    • westtitus
      Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:29pm

      They only know how to COVET which God hates with a passion!

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  • Too_Far_Gone
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:06pm

    I’m Floored !

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  • ReaganBaby
    Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:05pm

    But how can this be? conservatives hate the poor and have no heart.

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