Americans Set new Mark For Giving

CNN ^ | 6-25-07 | AP

[nancyvideo]

Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charitable causes last year, setting a new record and besting the 2005 total that had been boosted by a surge in aid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma -- and the Asian tsunami.

[nancyvideo]

Odd that I found this on CNN. They're actually reporting something positive about America. Could this be the start of a trend??

[WorkerbeeCitizen]

Naw - must be a error or a newbie at CNN.

[the invisib1e hand]

Odd that I found this on CNN.

That was my first thought as well.

Hold on to your wallet, is my second instinct.

[endthematrix]

Follow-up spin will be that it’s faith based and conservative...

[Colonel Kangaroo]

I bet the BBC will not report this.

[Puddleglum]

I bet the BBC will not report this.

Naw, the job of the BBC is to amelioriate the misery of the "governed" in Britain by letting them feel morally superior to everyone else.

[Past Your Eyes]

This just can’t be. We have to raise taxes.

[Leisler]

It is amazing how generous Democrats and liberals are. Naturally, the right wing, most of whom live toothless in trailers cannot be expected to part with one of their many guns and give the money to those is ‘need’.

[adorno]

Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charitable causes last year

What?!

The LIBERALS can surely think of better ways of managing that money for the "betterment" of those "unfortunates" who will get that money. How dare people give away their money when the government, in the hands of the liberals, can do it better?

[PeterPrinciple]

Too much is given to liberal causes..............