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Are Conservatives Really More Charitable Or Just More Religious James PeronConservatives are way more charitable than democrats.Of course......because the wealthy are always so willing to help out those less fortunateThat would imply an ability to think and articulate. See my sig line.rightwinger - please add some of your own content to the OP.
Conservatives wouldnt have this problem as the taller kid would volunteer to hold up the small kid.
Liberals would mandate the stadium provide free boxes to stand on.
But conservatives are ignoring the obvious. Something to notice is in the mention of "tithing... to the church." All the survey did was take IRS data "showing the value of charitable deductions claimed by Americans taxpayers." What the IRS may mean by charitable, and what most people think of as charitable, may not be the same thing.
For instance, a local fundamentalist church may spend the bulk of its resources degrading and attacking other faiths, insulting gay people and leading crusades to strip people of their civil liberties. They may never feed the hungry, clothe the naked, or comfort the afflicted. Yet in IRS terms they are a charity no matter how uncharitable they may be.
And a lot of the charities (and yes, the government) of which liberals approve spend large portions of the donations they receive on themselves.
So do churches
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