[Incorrigible]

 

When it comes to helping the needy, Brooks writes: "For too long, liberals have been claiming they are the most virtuous members of American society. Although they usually give less to charity, they have nevertheless lambasted conservatives for their callousness in the face of social injustice."

w00t!!
(We Own the Other Team)

 

I've preordered this book!  I can't wait to throw some well annotated facts in the face of some people I know.

Hope he goes on the Rush/Shawn/Laura interview circuit.

 

[Incorrigible]

A humble bump for your consideration...

[Teflonic]

This is one to buy two copies of - one for myself and one for a liberal.

[keepitreal]

Don't tell the Clintons this. After all they generously gave their used underwear to charity.

[.cnI redruM]

He must have been comparing them to Al Gore!

[Onelifetogive]

The book's basic findings are that conservatives who practice religion, live in traditional nuclear families and reject the notion that the government should engage in income redistribution are the most generous Americans, by any measure.

This should make him terribly popular in the mrdia!

[Theresawithanh]

Good post! Love the part about the "sacrifice" he will make to be interviewed by O'Reilly to further the cause.

I was fortunate to be raised in a household in which donating to worthy causes was emphasized, and most of my family are *gasp* conservatives.

[Jibaholic]

bump

[Ditto]

"For too long, liberals have been claiming they are the most virtuous members of American society. Although they usually give less to charity, they have nevertheless lambasted conservatives for their callousness in the face of social injustice."

I recall that when Al Gore was running back in 2000, his tax return showed that with an income well up in the 7 figures, he and Tipper only managed to spend $300 on charity. Hell, Hillary gave more than that in used underwere alone. :~))

[VRWCmember]

Liberals and Conservatives are just about equally generous to those in need. The difference is that Conservatives are generous with THEIR OWN money, while Liberals are always very generous with OTHER PEOPLE'S money.

[The Blitherer]

The stereotype is that Liberals are more caring and generous because they want to "help the poor". But they don't really. They want to pass the responsibility of the poor from their own shoulders to the government's. That way, when people continue to live in poverty, they can sit back and say its not their fault, its the government's. So not only do they have to do nothing for the poor, they also get to feel smugly self-righteous because they ascribe to the "compassionate" philosophy of liberalism.

Conservatives are quite the opposite. We think it is a personal responsibility to help the poor, which is why we give more.

[ModelBreaker]

#Religious people are more charitable -- including with secular donations -- than secularists.

# People who drink alcohol moderately are more charitable than those who don't drink.

Does this mean the only good secularist is a drunk secularist?

[Cathy]

"People who drink alcohol moderately are more charitable than those who don't drink."

I particularly like this finding!

[freespirited]

So talk is cheap. Who would have thunk it?

[Sgt_Schultze]

Watch for the hard left to trot out Gates and Buffett for giving some $50 billion combined. But they will forget to remind us that both men succeeded in such generosity by avoiding the taxes that would be due upon their deaths - a tax they both advocate but apparently sought to avoid. I guess they thought they could better direct their money than turning it over to the government.

Go figure.

[Ouderkirk]

Wow...this from the Syracuse Sub-Standard.

[Niteranger68]

I disagree. Liberals are much more generous. They just don't use their own money.

[IrishCatholic]

bookmark for later printing.

[napscoordinator]

I don't like threads like this. We are not supposed to brag or be full of ourselves for giving money to charity especially laughing at those who don't (please explain what is conservative or Christian about that). I don't know why they have to write a book on the subject. This is a horrible post. I believe arrogance is not a very good thing. We should just give more money to charity including myself. This is weird. My parents always said that you should do things because you want to not to receive praise. I believe we should think about that for a while.

[popdonnelly]

Liberals prefer to be generous with other people's tax dollars.

[popdonnelly]

Liberals are also very quick to call on somebody else to make sacrifices. But they never sacrifice anything themselves.