Philanthropy Expert Says Conservatives Are More Generous [while godless Libs moan]

Newhouse News ^ | 11/14/2006 | Frank Brieaddy

[Incorrigible]

 

When it comes to helping the needy, Brooks writes: "For too long, liberals have been claiming they are the most virtuous members of American society. Although they usually give less to charity, they have nevertheless lambasted conservatives for their callousness in the face of social injustice."

w00t!!
(We Own the Other Team)

 

I've preordered this book!  I can't wait to throw some well annotated facts in the face of some people I know.

Hope he goes on the Rush/Shawn/Laura interview circuit.

 

[Incorrigible]

A humble bump for your consideration...

[Teflonic]

This is one to buy two copies of - one for myself and one for a liberal.

[keepitreal]

Don't tell the Clintons this. After all they generously gave their used underwear to charity.

[Rakkasan1]

conservatives who homeschool and private school are so generous they pay for their own kids and stranger's, too !

[.cnI redruM]

He must have been comparing them to Al Gore!

[Onelifetogive]

The book's basic findings are that conservatives who practice religion, live in traditional nuclear families and reject the notion that the government should engage in income redistribution are the most generous Americans, by any measure.

This should make him terribly popular in the mrdia!

[Theresawithanh]

Good post! Love the part about the "sacrifice" he will make to be interviewed by O'Reilly to further the cause.

I was fortunate to be raised in a household in which donating to worthy causes was emphasized, and most of my family are *gasp* conservatives.

[Jibaholic]

bump

[Ditto]

"For too long, liberals have been claiming they are the most virtuous members of American society. Although they usually give less to charity, they have nevertheless lambasted conservatives for their callousness in the face of social injustice."

I recall that when Al Gore was running back in 2000, his tax return showed that with an income well up in the 7 figures, he and Tipper only managed to spend $300 on charity. Hell, Hillary gave more than that in used underwere alone. :~))

[midwyf]

"Don't tell the Clintons this. After all they generously gave their used underwear to charity.

And don't forget they claimed quite a healthy deduction in return. Some of the msot expensive undies around.

[GSlob]

"After all they [the Clintons] generously gave their used underwear to charity."
Did they claim it as a tax deduction? Doing tax-exempt charity means forcing others [taxpayers] to participate in one's donation. Donating other people's money is a reprehensible behavior normally associated with the lefties.

[VRWCmember]

Liberals and Conservatives are just about equally generous to those in need. The difference is that Conservatives are generous with THEIR OWN money, while Liberals are always very generous with OTHER PEOPLE'S money.

[The Blitherer]

The stereotype is that Liberals are more caring and generous because they want to "help the poor". But they don't really. They want to pass the responsibility of the poor from their own shoulders to the government's. That way, when people continue to live in poverty, they can sit back and say its not their fault, its the government's. So not only do they have to do nothing for the poor, they also get to feel smugly self-righteous because they ascribe to the "compassionate" philosophy of liberalism.

Conservatives are quite the opposite. We think it is a personal responsibility to help the poor, which is why we give more.

[ModelBreaker]

#Religious people are more charitable -- including with secular donations -- than secularists.

# People who drink alcohol moderately are more charitable than those who don't drink.

Does this mean the only good secularist is a drunk secularist?

[VRWCmember]

And don't forget they claimed quite a healthy deduction in return. Some of the msot expensive undies around.

Yes, but bill's underwear was almost never on, so it was only very slightly used.

[Cathy]

"People who drink alcohol moderately are more charitable than those who don't drink."

I particularly like this finding!

[freespirited]

So talk is cheap. Who would have thunk it?

[Sgt_Schultze]

Watch for the hard left to trot out Gates and Buffett for giving some $50 billion combined. But they will forget to remind us that both men succeeded in such generosity by avoiding the taxes that would be due upon their deaths - a tax they both advocate but apparently sought to avoid. I guess they thought they could better direct their money than turning it over to the government.

Go figure.

[fatez]

I could have told you this without his book, but his book is a very useful tool for support on our side. I work for a charity that supports children in the third world. I guarantee you that 90% plus of the workers and donors are hard core conservatives. I am also a student at a local university that is overwhelmingly liberal both in faculty and students. When I am in class, I always hear the liberal b.s. of that we do not do enough and we need to raise taxes. I love springing on the class that it is conservatives that overwhelming give and do not need the government compulsion that liberals seem to need. I also point out the tax returns of prominent liberals like Gore and Clinton that are so charitably lite compared to conservatives.

I love to quote them the line from a 'Police' song from the 80's (Driven to Tears) 'seems when some innocent dies, all we can do is offer them some photo on some magazine, too many cameras and not enough food, this is what we see'

I point out it is the liberals that are taking the photos and the conservatives that are feeding the poor.