Did you know that conservatives give more to charity than Liberals.?

Question

Yes

http://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=2682730&page=1

But don't worry, liberals still have the crown for talking about helping the poor.

Welfare dosen't require much of you does it?.

Answer 1

Yes I did know this. I also know that Liberals have been convicted of more statutory crimes than Conservatives. Liberal lie and change direction as often as their undergarments. That's why I became a Republican Conservative about 10 years ago, not that I agree with them all the time but Willie getting it on in the Oval Office was the straw the broke the camels back for me.

Answer 2

The story states that 24 of the top 25 states that give to charity are red states. Please remember that the states are not comprised SOLELY of conservative voters. Liberals are much more busy donating their time than money, actually getting in there and getting dirty, while the conservatives are writing checks.

Further, the rich are much less likely to give at all and the majority of our rich are conservatives. So it's the middle class conservatives, the ones who can little afford to donate anything, are the ones making the sacrifice.

One more point... conservative are more likely to give to medical research while liberals are more likely to donate to charities that directly help those in need. While we do need medical research desperately, it's a more selfish donation, hoping to head off future personal illness rather than supplying someone else with clothes and food.

Finally, they went to two cities for their 'study'... hardly an accurate and complete representation of how people donate.

I'm a liberal atheist democrat and we regularly give at least 30 percent of our income to charities that benefit people directly. I also volunteer my time at a local shelter. I do live in a blue state, but it's only blue because I live near the largest city which was completely blue in the last election. The rest of the state is red. So by the outcome of that study, I'm an anomaly. I always knew I was different. LOL!

Answer 3

Yes, I did know that.

There is a big difference in welfare and charity. Welfare should be given by the government as a safety net, not a lifestyle. Charity would then fill in on a more local level to help based on actual needs.

Granted, some charities are bad, but, good charities are not hard to find that give 85-90% of funds out to individuals, not overhead.

I prefer charity to welfare for this difference. Charity means that someone has to say, here's what's happening, here's what I need, and here's why.
Welfare just says, here I am, now give me.

Answer 4

Conservatives are, on average, wealthier than liberals. One could also make the argument that liberals tend to support more taxes, which sums up the two beliefs. Cosernatism tends to believe the individual should take initiative and give whatver they personally feel is best (and also, keep however much they feel they earned). Liberals, on the other hand, tend to vote for society as a whole supporting the lower classes through measures like taxes.

Answer 5

The statistics cited in that article are broad and fairly meaningless. For examples, it claims 24 out of 25 of the states that give the most to charity are red states. From this, it draws the conclusion that conservatives give more than liberals, ignoring that there are plenty of liberals in those states and that region and wealth are significant lurking variables.

Maybe conservatives do give more money than liberals. But maybe liberals do more volunteer work than conservatives. Maybe they actively run or advocate causes that aid the poor more than conservatives do. Your point is well taken, but you cannot draw the conclusion from the data that conservatives do more to help the poor in any manner other than financial donation.

Answer 6

Yes, church people are an interesting subgroup of conservatives. They seem to be voting against their own political interests. The Republican party mostly benefits those in the top income brackets, but those in the lower income brackets, the spiritual, pro-life group vote for the Republicans even though economically it doesn't make much sense, and they don't really ever seem to benefit in the spiritual sense, i.e., sometimes it seems like the rhetoric is just rhetoric.

Answer 7

I know you all belive it with all your hearts and want it to be true SO BADLY...

well... that sites one study... and one inaccurate experiement that really doesn't mean anything (they didn't even give the results of that even)...

it's always funny... how you can show a conservative ONE study that says something they want to believe... and it's PURE FACT from that moment on... no matter if you do a hundred other studies on it...

but you show a conservative 10 studies that say global warming is occuring and they will just call it "junk science"... hahaha...

me personally... I would like to see another study back that up...

and a little more detail as to how they have those figures...

it talks about church... so I would bet that's probably a lot of it... and not all church money goes to charity... so that's highly misleading I would bet...

Answer 8

What's your point? The American Nazi Party has a charity. So does the Man-Boy Love Association. I wonder which side of the political spectrum these two groups get their members.

Answer 9

That has been the case for decades.

Even poor conservatives give more than poor liberals.

Answer 10

Yes i knew that, Conservatives also tip better than Liberals, anecdotally speaking of course.