Liberals Give Until It Hurts (You)

Townhall.com ^ | 12/30/2010 | Ann Coulter

[madmominct]

Liberals never tire of discussing their own generosity, particularly when demanding that the government take your money by force to fund shiftless government employees overseeing counterproductive government programs.

They seem to have replaced "God" with "Government" in scriptural phrases such as "love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind." (Matthew 22:37)

This week, we'll take a peek at the charitable giving of these champions of the poor.

In 2009, the Obamas gave 5.9 percent of their income to charity, about the same as they gave in 2006 and 2007. In the eight years before he became president, Obama gave an average of 3.5 percent of his income to charity, upping that to 6.5 percent in 2008.

The Obamas' charitable giving is equally divided between "hope" and "change."

George W. Bush gave away more than 10 percent of his income each year he was president, as he did before becoming president.

Thus, in 2005, Obama gave about the same dollar amount to charity as President George Bush did, on an income of $1.7 million -- more than twice as much as President Bush's $735,180. Again in 2006, Bush gave more to charity than Obama on an income one-third smaller than Obama's.

[madmominct]

Great piece by Coulter...illustrates how the libs love to talk about helping the poor, but only with YOUR money.

[cc2k]

You might be interested in the replies on this other thread:

Ann Coulter: LIBERALS GIVE 'TIL IT HURTS (YOU) [And Congratulate Themselves]

That thread is still in the sidebar.

[ChurtleDawg]

you have to admit though, many things that are called “charity” are not really “charity”. I don’t consider my main weekly church contributions “charity”-—I see it as my personal obligation to my parish. Of course, while some collections at church and the poor box are true charity, many are not.

giving to some art museum, or to some alumni fund or many other things aren’t really charity either and shouldn’t be classed as such.

[madmominct]

Oh thank you-That was the first time I’ve ever posted a new thread. I did a search but didn’t find anything.

[MrB]

Seriously, there’s no reason to even be a liberal,

except to think yourself intellectually and morally superior to others.

[Buckeye McFrog]

remember the Clintons donating their used underwear to Goodwill and then taking a writeoff?

[Ditter]

I P O’d a liberal cousin in California by sending him conservative emails, not jokes but well written pieces. He blasted me and told me to stop sending them to him and give more of my money to charity. WHAT????? He has no idea how much I give to charity but I'll bet it is a lot more than he gives.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Leftists can’t discriminate between voluntary charity and forced charity until they are forced against their will to do it. Then they get a little angry because they are on average very materialistic and have less giving hearts.

[Hebrews 11:6]

When liberals do not give voluntarily (and cheerfully!) themselves, they have no personal sense of the process, especially how such sacrificial giving pinches the giver financially. Therefore, they have no understanding of the further pain inflicted by their beloved compulsory higher taxation.