Mississippi leads the nation in charitable giving (Good Red/Blue State Comparison-See Comment #1

Sun Herald ^ | 11/10/04 | LAURA WALSH (AP)

[pookie18]

http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/cfp/db/generosity.php?year=2004

[JoJo Gunn]

Hippies talk, but we walk the walk.

[trashcanbred]

I heard this on Rush today. He brought it up but said Massachusetts was dead last (so I thought).

[383rr]

No surprise here. The libs are just out for themselves.All this "fighting for the working man " is just propaganda. But, at F.R. we already knew this.

[Gorjus]

ping for great data

[TN4Liberty]

I would imagine that a lot of this has to do with giving and tithing at church. Church attendance is, I believe conderably higher in the south. Further, I don't know if Catholic churches, which are far more prevalent in the Northeast, stress giving and tithing like their more fundamentalist counterparts in the South. Anybody know?

[pookie18]

I think they're next to last. Let me activate the link in comment #1.

Here ya go

[pookie18]

If you poke around on the site, you may find the answer.

[dixiechick2000]

Mississippi retains its title as the most giving state for the eighth consecutive year ping!

"Mississippi consistently earns its place as No. 1 on the list by generating the greatest disparity between income and charitable contributions. It is ranked as the poorest state in the nation, but comes in fifth on the index for its "giving" rank.

The average itemized filer in Mississippi reported $4,484 in donations in 2002. That beats the national average by $1,029."

Now, all we need is some creative people. ;o)

[onyx]

Our local news said it is our 8th year in a row!

[Howlin]

That #1 post just NEVER works when you try to link; weird, isn't it?

[cherry]

Catholic churches have always had many , many "special" collections for missions, vocations, etc etc. plus the weekly money collected to keep the church fires burning..

but no, the "tithe" thing is not stressed....

although we had a visiting priest several weeks ago that hinted that those days may be over.....

[SoDak]

The SoDaks are coming in at #7, not bad.

[cyborg]

I do believe that not stressing tithing the way many non-denominational churches do was a very big mistake in the Church at large. People get used to something for nothing, and don't get that the local parishoners should be supporting their church. That's just MHO.

[dixiechick2000]

"Our local news said it is our 8th year in a row!"


That, it is...and I bet it will continue.

[wardaddy]

I thought we were dependent on the blue states.

[dixiechick2000]

We're dumb redneck hicks, too. ;o)

[dixiechick2000]

Speaking of dependant, do you remember
who bailed out New York?

[wardaddy]

and Chrysler...a Yankee company.

[dixiechick2000]

Good memory! I forgot about that one.