I don't get your story. If you look at charitable donations, Massachusetts ranks at the very bottom of states in terms of donations.
" He said he was already under pressure at work for not allocating enough of his salary to give to pan handlers and could not afford professionally to be involved in an incident that involved refusing to give money."
"I don't get your story. If you look at charitable donations, Massachusetts ranks at the very bottom of states in terms of donations. "
There are several possibilities...
I've never lived in Boston or L.A. and when I go there I go specificially to the high tech areas. Maybe the people I deal with are not typical in their donation patterns. Or maybe they give when others can see but don't give quietly in private like many church goers do.
I've also noticed that many of the states with lowest donations tend to have have high state taxes and recieve less Federal benefits than they pay in Federal taxes - maybe the people already feel they contribute through taxes.
That's because we have a very low rate of churchgoing.