You beat me to it, and said it better than I could have. The liberals don’t donate as much to charity because they expect government to do all the charitable type of work. They want a government program set up to cure every conceivable ill of society.
It would be interesting to go through the list of gov’t agencies and see exactly what they have contributed.
Is the state of public education better since we have had a Department of Education?
Is our energy situation better since we have had a Department of Energy?
Is the state of slum housing better since we have had a Department of Housing and Urban Development?
I’m not saying that gov’t programs never achieve any goals, just that there are often disappointing results from the tax dollars and efforts expended.