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Democrats have long slandered Republicans as being greedy and mean-spirited while pretending to be generous and compassionate themselves.
Thus Democrats have long used the sarcastic attack, "compassionate (ha ha ha) conservatives."
Professor David C. Brooks did comprehensive studies of charitable works and wrote the book, Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism Who Gives, Who Doesn't, and Why It Matters.
Professor Brooks admitted to being a liberal. He made the shocking admission that he fully expected liberals to be the more generous, and when his studies showed the opposite, he checked them again and again. The findings were always the same.
1. People of faith give more than atheists/agnostics.
2. Conservatives give more than liberals.
3. People who work and carry their own weight give more than sluggards.
4. Married couples give more than singles.
The next step in the Big Book of Democrat Lies is that conservatives or Christians only give because they get tax deductions, or for some other disingenuous reason apart from compassion or goodness.
Professor Brooks shatters this liberal myth as well. Brooks found that those who are more generous to churches also give more to secular charities, such as Boy Scouts, and the Red Cross. Conservatives and Christians donate more of their time to good causes in the community. They give more to charities, family, friends, and neighbors. They even give more blood than liberals and atheists.
Anecdotal evidence of these findings includes the tax returns of Bill and Hillary Clinton. They gave almost nothing to charity until they came into the national spotlight and their tax returns became public domain. Then they hiked up their "giving." The same is true of Barack and Michelle Obama, Al and Tipper Gore, and Joe Biden.
Speaking of Barack The Democrats' Messiah Obama, look at his charitable contributions based on over $200,000 of income:
Only in 2005 did the Obamas boost up their charitable donations for public consumption, just as the Clintons and Gores did years earlier.
Do you know why Professor Brooks said "why it matters"? He said that because giving doesn't just make you feel like a better person. It makes you a better person.
Brooks concludes that people who give more are happier, kinder, and more successful. They also make more money than their less generous counterparts.
Any liberal will deny each and every one of Professor Brooks' claims. They always do.
But I don't want to argue with liberals. Rather they should take up their counterclaims with Arthur C. Brooks, of Syracuse University. I wrote to him and thanked him for his wonderful book.
Gross National Happiness is Brooks' latest book. The ad on Amazon.com features this prominent headline for that book:
"Despite the stereotype of grim conservatives and happy-go-lucky liberals, the truth is that people on the political right are nearly twice as happy as those on the left."
Thus Democrats have long used the sarcastic attack, "compassionate (ha ha ha) conservatives."
Professor David C. Brooks did comprehensive studies of charitable works and wrote the book, Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism Who Gives, Who Doesn't, and Why It Matters.
Professor Brooks admitted to being a liberal. He made the shocking admission that he fully expected liberals to be the more generous, and when his studies showed the opposite, he checked them again and again. The findings were always the same.
1. People of faith give more than atheists/agnostics.
2. Conservatives give more than liberals.
3. People who work and carry their own weight give more than sluggards.
4. Married couples give more than singles.
The next step in the Big Book of Democrat Lies is that conservatives or Christians only give because they get tax deductions, or for some other disingenuous reason apart from compassion or goodness.
Professor Brooks shatters this liberal myth as well. Brooks found that those who are more generous to churches also give more to secular charities, such as Boy Scouts, and the Red Cross. Conservatives and Christians donate more of their time to good causes in the community. They give more to charities, family, friends, and neighbors. They even give more blood than liberals and atheists.
Anecdotal evidence of these findings includes the tax returns of Bill and Hillary Clinton. They gave almost nothing to charity until they came into the national spotlight and their tax returns became public domain. Then they hiked up their "giving." The same is true of Barack and Michelle Obama, Al and Tipper Gore, and Joe Biden.
Speaking of Barack The Democrats' Messiah Obama, look at his charitable contributions based on over $200,000 of income:
Only in 2005 did the Obamas boost up their charitable donations for public consumption, just as the Clintons and Gores did years earlier.
Do you know why Professor Brooks said "why it matters"? He said that because giving doesn't just make you feel like a better person. It makes you a better person.
Brooks concludes that people who give more are happier, kinder, and more successful. They also make more money than their less generous counterparts.
Any liberal will deny each and every one of Professor Brooks' claims. They always do.
But I don't want to argue with liberals. Rather they should take up their counterclaims with Arthur C. Brooks, of Syracuse University. I wrote to him and thanked him for his wonderful book.
Gross National Happiness is Brooks' latest book. The ad on Amazon.com features this prominent headline for that book:
"Despite the stereotype of grim conservatives and happy-go-lucky liberals, the truth is that people on the political right are nearly twice as happy as those on the left."
