George Will: Liberals speak of generosity; conservatives actually have it
CB
Beyond the bumper stickers are the statistics on giving, and the statistics,
as documented in a recent book, don't lie.
By George Will
Last update: March 26, 2008 - 6:49 PM
WASHINGTON - Residents of Austin, Texas, home of the state's government and
flagship university, have very refined social consciences, if they do say so
themselves, and they do say so, speaking via bumper stickers. Don R.
Willett, a justice of the state Supreme Court, has commuted behind bumpers
proclaiming "Better a Bleeding Heart Than None at All," "Practice Random
Acts of Kindness and Senseless Beauty," "The Moral High Ground Is Built on
Compassion," "Arms Are For Hugging," "Will Work (When the Jobs Come Back
From India)," "Jesus Is a Liberal," "God Wants Spiritual Fruits, Not
Religious Nuts," "The Road to Hell Is Paved With Republicans," "Republicans
Are People Too -- Mean, Selfish, Greedy People" and so on. But Willett
thinks Austin subverts a stereotype: "The belief that liberals care more
about the poor may scratch a partisan or ideological itch, but the facts are
hostile witnesses."
Sixteen months ago, Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University,
published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate
Conservatism." The surprise is that liberals are markedly less charitable
than conservatives.
If many conservatives are liberals who have been mugged by reality, Brooks,
a registered independent, is, as a reviewer of his book said, a social
scientist who has been mugged by data. They include these findings:
.Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of
conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30
percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600
per year vs. $1,227).
.Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.
.Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller
percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that
voted for George W. Bush.
.Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.
.In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent
majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was
3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent,
donated just 1.9 percent.
.People who reject the idea that "government has a responsibility to reduce
income inequality" give an average of four times more than people who accept
that proposition.
Brooks demonstrates a correlation between charitable behavior and "the
values that lie beneath" liberal and conservative labels. Two influences on
charitable behavior are religion and attitudes about the proper role of
government.
The single biggest predictor of someone's altruism, Willett says, is
religion. It increasingly correlates with conservative political
affiliations because, as Brooks' book says, "the percentage of
self-described Democrats who say they have 'no religion' has more than
quadrupled since the early 1970s." America is largely divided between
religious givers and secular nongivers, and the former are
disproportionately conservative.
Reviewing Brooks' book in the Texas Review of Law & Politics, Justice
Willett notes that Austin -- it voted 56 percent for Kerry while he was
getting just 38 percent statewide -- is ranked by the Chronicle of
Philanthropy as 48th out of America's 50 largest cities in per capita
charitable giving. Brooks' data about disparities between liberals' and
conservatives' charitable giving fit these facts: Democrats represent a
majority of the wealthiest congressional districts, and half of America's
richest households live in states where both senators are Democrats.
While conservatives tend to regard giving as a personal rather than
governmental responsibility, some liberals consider private charity a
retrograde phenomenon -- a poor palliative for an inadequate welfare state,
and a distraction from achieving adequacy by force, by increasing taxes.
Ralph Nader, running for president in 2000, said: "A society that has more
justice is a society that needs less charity." Brooks, however, warns: "If
support for a policy that does not exist ... substitutes for private
charity, the needy are left worse off than before. It is one of the
bitterest ironies of liberal politics today that political opinions are
apparently taking the place of help for others."
In 2000, brows were furrowed because Vice President Al Gore's charitable
contributions, as a percentage of his income, were below the national
average: He gave 0.2 percent of his family income, one-seventh of the
average for donating households. But Gore "gave at the office." By using
public office to give other peoples' money to government programs, he was
being charitable, as liberals conveniently understand that word.
George Will's column is distributed by the Washington Post Writers Group.
gringo
> percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600
> per year vs. $1,227).
>
>
> ..Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller
> voted for George W. Bush.
>
>
> ..In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent
> 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent,
> donated just 1.9 percent.
>
Clinton's gave about 10% of their income to charity. Reagan gave 1%.
The Bush family, $4 and a bag of peanuts.
To comment on the gist of right wing talking head George Will's column,
I merely need to point out that RepubliCONS are the upper middle class
and the wealthy. For they certainly have more disposable income. What
we of the working class give largely goes unheralded. $2 here, a bag of
clothing there, toys for tots, we give to missionaries, we tip more than
the service deserves because we know the waitress has three hungry kids
at home and no husband, we drop folded bills and loose change into jars
beside registers. For none of that anonymous giving do we get a receipt
or shout it from the rooftops.
It's like this: who is more blessed, the poor woman who gives her last
few pennies to the Salvation Army, or the owner of the mansion who
"donates" $15 million to Harvard in order to get his unworthy son admitted?
Therefore, both you and George Will are full of shit.
--
"Sarah, if the American people had ever known the truth about what we Bushes have done to this nation, we would be chased down in the streets and lynched."
--- George Herbert Walker Bush, in an interview with Sarah McClendon, 1992
CB
"gringo" <gri...@nospam.net> wrote in message
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Yeah, to his own library, right?
CB
<Nic...@Click.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:33 -0400, "CB"
> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>.Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of
>>conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30
>>percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600
>>per year vs. $1,227).
>
>
You ignoran nigger
>
> Conservative only give for the tax breaks
Liberals are all talk and no do. You pretend to love Humanity but do
everything to fight against Justice for all.
Libs are generous with other peoples money but when it comes to personal
sacrifice or charity, you're not there for others.
>
> The number of conservatives in the top 2% are mostly
> wealthy white conservatives who pay little percentage
> of their income
You should be so blessed with such ability to do good
--
CB
"If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." -Andy Tant
Lib/Dim version: "If your ship doesn't present its self to you, whine "no
fair", sink it and blame duh mayhn"
"Learn all you can, but learn to do something, or your learning will be
useless and your vision will depart." -Booker T. Washington
Dim/Lib version: Chicago, Detroit, LA, DC, who needs Edumacation?
Larry Hewitt
"CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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And yet liberals give their time and energy, rsources greatly needed, than
conservatives.
Conservatives and religius reichers thithe to assuage their guiitl.
Larry
Larry Hewitt
"CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
Wrong again, oh clueless one.
Larry
CB
"CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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> <Nic...@Click.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:33 -0400, "CB"
>> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>.Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those
>>>of
>>>conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average,
>>>30
>>>percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600
>>>per year vs. $1,227).
>>
>>
>> You stupid fuckwit
>
> You ignoran nigger
...opps, You're an ignorant nigger, sorry
CB
"Larry Hewitt" <larr...@comporium.net> wrote in message
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LOL
>
> Conservatives and religius reichers thithe to assuage their guiitl.
goo goo?
zzbu...@netscape.net
Conservatives are idiots. Will belongs in the Academy of
Steward's Relic, rather than governemnt, poiltics, media,
science, engineering, medicine, or anything that can
conceivably be thought of as post-wheel.
His wit is only lost on The Lincoln Memorial.
Which call's it mo-wit, rather than wit.
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CB
<zzbu...@netscape.net> wrote in message
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Your words ring hollow to the facts he states in his article
gringo
Look it up, CB Savage.
gringo
> <Nic...@Click.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:33 -0400, "CB"
>> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> .Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of
>>> conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30
>>> percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600
>>> per year vs. $1,227).
>>>
>> You stupid fuckwit
>>
>
> You ignoran nigger
>
>
Little bee, your savagery is shocking.
>> Conservative only give for the tax breaks
>>
>
> Liberals are all talk and no do. You pretend to love Humanity but do
> everything to fight against Justice for all.
>
> Libs are generous with other peoples money but when it comes to personal
> sacrifice or charity, you're not there for others.
>
>
>> The number of conservatives in the top 2% are mostly
>> wealthy white conservatives who pay little percentage
>> of their income
>>
>
> You should be so blessed with such ability to do good
>
>
--
gringo
> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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>
>> <Nic...@Click.com> wrote in message
>> news:tlmhv3pcaab81jbo2...@4ax.com...
>>
>>> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:33 -0400, "CB"
>>> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> .Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those
>>>> of
>>>> conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average,
>>>> 30
>>>> percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600
>>>> per year vs. $1,227).
>>>>
>>> You stupid fuckwit
>>>
>> You ignoran nigger
>>
>
>
know how to circumcise a racist redneck?...Kick your sister in the chin.
>
>>> Conservative only give for the tax breaks
>>>
>> Liberals are all talk and no do. You pretend to love Humanity but do
>> everything to fight against Justice for all.
>>
>> Libs are generous with other peoples money but when it comes to personal
>> sacrifice or charity, you're not there for others.
>>
>>
>>> The number of conservatives in the top 2% are mostly
>>> wealthy white conservatives who pay little percentage
>>> of their income
>>>
>> You should be so blessed with such ability to do good
>>
>> --
>> CB
>> "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." -Andy Tant
>> Lib/Dim version: "If your ship doesn't present its self to you, whine "no
>> fair", sink it and blame duh mayhn"
>>
>> "Learn all you can, but learn to do something, or your learning will be
>> useless and your vision will depart." -Booker T. Washington
>> Dim/Lib version: Chicago, Detroit, LA, DC, who needs Edumacation?
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
CB
> CB wrote:
>> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
>> news:47f8ee16$0$24108$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
>>
>>> <Nic...@Click.com> wrote in message
>>> news:tlmhv3pcaab81jbo2...@4ax.com...
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:33 -0400, "CB"
>>>> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> .Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than
>>>>> those of
>>>>> conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on
>>>>> average, 30
>>>>> percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household
>>>>> ($1,600
>>>>> per year vs. $1,227).
>>>>>
>>>> You stupid fuckwit
>>>>
>>> You ignoran nigger
>>>
>>
>> ....opps, You're an ignorant nigger, sorry
>>
>
>
>
> know how to circumcise a racist redneck?...Kick your sister in the chin.
You'd know
>>
>>>> Conservative only give for the tax breaks
>>>>
>>> Liberals are all talk and no do. You pretend to love Humanity but do
>>> everything to fight against Justice for all.
>>>
>>> Libs are generous with other peoples money but when it comes to personal
>>> sacrifice or charity, you're not there for others.
>>>
>>>
>>>> The number of conservatives in the top 2% are mostly
>>>> wealthy white conservatives who pay little percentage
>>>> of their income
>>>>
>>> You should be so blessed with such ability to do good
>>>
>>> --
>>> CB
>>> "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." -Andy Tant
>>> Lib/Dim version: "If your ship doesn't present its self to you, whine
>>> "no fair", sink it and blame duh mayhn"
>>>
>>> "Learn all you can, but learn to do something, or your learning will be
>>> useless and your vision will depart." -Booker T. Washington
>>> Dim/Lib version: Chicago, Detroit, LA, DC, who needs Edumacation?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
--
CB
Clinton told (Larry) King: "People can quarrel with whether we should have
more troops in Afghanistan or internationalize Iraq or whatever, but it is
incontestable that on the day I left office, there were unaccounted for
stocks of biological and chemical weapons."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/23/clinton.iraq.sotu/index.html
Larry Hewitt
"CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> <Nic...@Click.com> wrote in message
>> news:tlmhv3pcaab81jbo2...@4ax.com...
>>> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:33 -0400, "CB"
>>> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>.Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those
>>>>of
>>>>conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average,
>>>>30
>>>>percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household
>>>>($1,600
>>>>per year vs. $1,227).
>>>
>>>
>>> You stupid fuckwit
>>
>> You ignoran nigger
>
> ...opps, You're an ignorant nigger, sorry
>
Having quick;y exhausted his intellectual inventory, and being faced with
argumwents he is incapable of understanding, let alone rebutting, all the
ignroant racist sightard has is hte n-bomb.
How sad for him. It must eat him alive knowing how inferior he is when
compared to the rest of humanity.
Larry
CB
>
> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
>> news:47f8ee16$0$24108$4c36...@roadrunner.com...
>>>
>>> <Nic...@Click.com> wrote in message
>>> news:tlmhv3pcaab81jbo2...@4ax.com...
>>>> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:33 -0400, "CB"
>>>> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>.Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those
>>>>>of
>>>>>conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average,
>>>>>30
>>>>>percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household
>>>>>($1,600
>>>>>per year vs. $1,227).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You stupid fuckwit
>>>
>>> You ignoran nigger
>>
>> ...opps, You're an ignorant nigger, sorry
>>
>
> Having quick;y exhausted his intellectual inventory, and being faced with
> argumwents he is incapable of understanding, let alone rebutting, all the
> ignroant racist sightard has is hte n-bomb.
He responds to vulgarity with the only fitting character description that
does its author justice
>
> How sad for him. It must eat him alive knowing how inferior he is when
> compared to the rest of humanity.
He gets off on knowing the rest of Humanity 'is' with him but feels the
intimidation of media driven culture wars. Accuse the accuser so to speak.
--
CB
After all, "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp"
http://www.hustleandflow.com/ #Foe
zzbu...@netscape.net
> <zzbun...@netscape.net> wrote in message
That's the way it was suposed to ring. Since the last article I
ever read, or ever will read by Will, was some 10 years before
Internet was susposedly invented.by the Air Farce stooges.
CB
<zzbu...@netscape.net> wrote in message
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Not AlGore?
zzbu...@netscape.net
Well, for usenet morons, the only relevent history, science,
engineering, computer,
or military question is:
Just what Congressional committees do you think Gore was actually
on?
He was Chairman of Clinton's Senate AT&T Select Subcommittee
on The Air Farce.
Wexford
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> end
Nice try, Georgie. The problem with statistics such as these is that
(1) they're not collected with any discipline or science, so they
cannot be verified (who in the hell really knows how much was given by
whom to whom?), (2) even if there were some magic way of getting real
numbers, they bear a lot of interpretation before any conclusion could
be drawn from them. Georgie, of course, knows that, but like the good
little whiggie he is, he simply casts thought and reason aside to
produce a propaganda piece.
CB
<zzbu...@netscape.net> wrote in message
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I wonder how much AlGore's made since he left office and how much he's
gibbin to charity
CB
"Wexford" <wry...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Well that settles that
Rich Travsky
Rich Travsky
Rich Travsky
Rich Travsky
> >> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
> >>>> On Sat, 5 Apr 2008 21:16:33 -0400, "CB"
> >>>> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>.Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those
> >>>>>of
> >>>>>conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average,
> >>>>>30
> >>>>>percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household
> >>>>>($1,600
> >>>>>per year vs. $1,227).
> >>>>
> >>>> You stupid fuckwit
> >>>
> >>> You ignoran nigger
> >>
> >> ...opps, You're an ignorant nigger, sorry
> >
> > Having quick;y exhausted his intellectual inventory, and being faced with
> > argumwents he is incapable of understanding, let alone rebutting, all the
> > ignroant racist sightard has is hte n-bomb.
>
> He responds to vulgarity with the only fitting character description that
> does its author justice
CB lies about the meaning of the word "nigger" again.
CB
"Rich Travsky" <traR...@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
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Duh?
Rich Travsky
> "Rich Travsky" <traR...@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
> >> "gringo" <gri...@nospam.net> wrote in message
> >> > CB wrote:
> >> >> George Will: Liberals speak of generosity; conservatives actually have
> >> >> it
> >> >> Beyond the bumper stickers are the statistics on giving, and the
> >> >> statistics, as documented in a recent book, don't lie.
> >> >>
As expected, you made it up.
RT
CB
"Rich Travsky" <traR...@hotmMOVEail.com> wrote in message
Here ya go baby
Clinton Charitable Contributions Went To Clinton Foundation
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/05/clintons-charitable-contr_n_95216.html
Notice the link?
>
> RT
CB
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> On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:44:28 -0400, "CB"
> <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote:
>
>>Here ya go baby
>>Clinton Charitable Contributions Went To Clinton Foundation
>
> difference?
>
You haven't a low life clue
Rich Travsky
Did you bother to read it? No? HAHAHAHAHAH
The contributions went to a family foundation run by the Clintons that has given
away only about half of the money they put into it
See the word library anywhere? No? HAHAHHAHHAHA
CB
"CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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> George Will: Liberals speak of generosity; conservatives actually have it
> Beyond the bumper stickers are the statistics on giving, and the
> statistics, as documented in a recent book, don't lie.
>
> By George Will
Forrest Gump McCain
"CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
>
>
> "CB" <C...@PrayForMe.com> wrote in message
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>> George Will: Liberals speak of generosity; conservatives actually have it
>> Beyond the bumper stickers are the statistics on giving, and the
>> statistics, as documented in a recent book, don't lie.
>>
>> By George Will
What a load of bullshit!
CB
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Facts allude you? I bet you're a Obama zombie...change...change...change