Posted on 10/14/2014 7:53:38 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
We’ve known liberals are cheap, miserly (dare I say niggardly?) in their approach to charity which actually requires giving one’s own money away instead of passing laws to force the rest of us to fund charitable causes.
Those who followed politics during the embarrassment of the Clinton brothel years remember that Bill Clinton donated his used underwear to charity in order to gain a tax credit. This fits right in with new data on who gives and who does not give.
We now have proof that liberals are cheap and conservatives are generous. A recent report from The Chronicle of Philanthropy reveals that wealthier – more liberal – Americans gave less money to charity in 2012 than they gave in 2006. Conversely, poorer people gave more during the same period.
The 17 most generous states all voted for Mitt Romney in 2012 and not surprisingly, the seven least generous states voted for Barack Obama.
Clearly people understand that being charitable means a bit of personal sacrifice on their part. The breakdown of charitable giving shows that by region, the South, our most conservative region, is the most giving and the Northeast, which is the most liberal part of the country is the least charitable.
The city that is on top of the giving list is Salt Lake City and the least giving town is Hartford, Connecticut.
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The other comes from the word “negro” when pronounced the same way “window” is when it is pronounced “windder”.
I seemed to recall an old video clip of Robert Byrd speaking on the senate floor using the word in a speech about the budget, but after googling it I found out that it was actually an aid to the D.C. Mayor that I was thinking of.
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Thanks for posting the map of the red/blue counties within a state’s borders. I live in Minnesota and the people here are very nice folks.
When you color the counties in MN as red vs blue, the same dichotomy occurs. Outside the Twin Cities, Duluth and Rochester, most of the area is conservative. There are lots of generous private donors in Central Minnesota. I get tired of folks talking about how stupid the people in Minnesota are. Not all of us here are stupid. Not all of us here are liberal. Not all of us here are atheists or agnostics.
I will wager that even so-called conservative states have enclaves of ‘stupid liberal’ voters.
Thanks for letting ne rant.
Niggardly = Cheap
It’s true....liberals are cheap azzes, self centered, and want everyone else to pay for what THEY want
Even the “generous” ones tend to give d to self centered foundations or nonprofits that scream out “Hey lookit meeeee” or to ethnic-based “charities” Do-gooder sounding names which doubtfully gets much to the truly needy, after payments and benefits to friends and family members “working” for the entity.
Shams and scams and monumental egos
Yeah, giving of your own resources is 1000x better than obligating others to “give”. But in defense of the Northeast, I believe much charity in the rest of the country is based on giving to churches. But a good chunk of that church charity in effect serves as funding a community social club. That portion of church finances that is passed on to other charitable causes is probably all that should be factored into the equation.
Also, I’m not a big proponent of judging donations relative to income (or assets). Yeah, we can understand why there is something to that, in that someone who is poor can sacrifice more in order to give less. But someone who works hard and gets an education that enables them to make and give more money makes more of a difference than someone who takes it easy with a high school education and works only 40 hours a week at a menial job, then gives (by necessity) very little.
It’s always good when someone uses the word niggardly in the proper context. Gets everyone tied up in knots.
Another example is Seattle/Bellevue in the Puget Sound Area of WA State. The Eastern side of the State is more conservative. Although, I must add, that several years ago, I read that the homosexual lobby in the State decided that Spokane had to be turned into a homosexual mecca. And, they are working hard to do that.
But, before using the word, you must ask yourself one question:
Is their inane ignorance going to get blamed on me?
Unfortunately, the answer is usually yes.
I'd beg to disagree. Even church based community social clubs serve a valuable function as networks to help people find jobs, help those who are down on their luck and the like.
Here in SW Pennsylvania, these so-called clubs stock food pantries, help "redd-up" the yards and homes of the elderly, run bingo games to support the local fire hall, deliver meals to the home-bound and scores of similar activities.
The amount spent on administration and overhead is considerably less than your typical government program and very comparable to the best run charities such as the Salvation Army.
Add to that the fact that a church based social club may go a long ways to prevent the creation of "troubled youth" and the professional "gimmedat" adults in the first place.
I am concerned about the lighter shade of my County. I want mine to be like Potter, Jefferson, Mifflin, Juniata, Somerset, Bedford or Fulton.
FWIW, Somerset has a lot of Amish and most of them actually vote. God bless ‘em!
Oh, I agree with that. But so do regular social networks in regions where churches aren’t the center of community life. A nice backyard bbq or weekly poker or bridge game can do the same.
And yes, direct costs supporting food banks should count.
“Niggardly” basically means “stingy” and has NOTHING to do with race. One man lost his job a few years back becasue of the abysmal ignorance of race-mongers and the cowardice and/or ignorance of politicans.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggardly
Do you ever wonder why all the media mistakes all seem to benefit one party? Can you name one media mistake that has ever benefited the Repulicans? Me, neither.
I was told long ago pertaining to the business world, that mistakes consistently made in the favor of one party are no mistake at all. That advice applies pretty much across the board, I’ve found.
He didn’t lose his job - I actually know the guy. He’s a professor at UW.
The funny thing is, he’s a big lib. BIG lib.
And remember, the Salvation Army is a church.
I’d have to check it out, but my memory is that it was a public school teacher, possibly in DC, and that he did lose his job.
There’s no reason why this lunacy couldn’t have taken place in a hundred places around this country. Not that I’m saying that it did, just that they haven’t found a cure for stupidity yet, nor for willful ignorance.
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