[NKP_Vet]

This is a good article, but something that everyone with a brain already knew. Democrats are tightwad blowhards that hold on to their money. Joe Biden's "charitable" giving sums up the majority of all democrats. This creep gives nothing to anyone.

[Soul of the South]

Until conservatives find a way to communicate to the general population the Democrat party and their mainstream media propaganda outlets will determine public perceptions.

What is the Republican message today? I hear crickets chirping just like I did yesterday.

[mo]

As long as Conservative think the “two-party” system is R-D....rather than DC-Flyover Country.....they’ll be relegated to playing catch up all day long......

The dirty little secret is that the States are the opportunity for the Tea Party. That and paper trail receipt coded ballots.

[sauropod]

mark

[Safetgiver]

Hopefully, a lot of this change. I used to give thousands to charity, but with the new tax changes, I have to ask a clerk to give me a receipt for money I gave to Easter Seals, MS, etc. that was on all the checkout stands. Used to put the $1.69 or whatever change I had coming in a ‘diary’ and used it when I got audited. No more. I keep my change. When asked ‘ Do you want to donate your change to Easter Seals (or any other health organization) I now say “Nope. Obamacare just took care of that.” Dollar Store has a charity for adults learning how to read. They ask me to donate my change and I tell them I already did with my school taxes. I used to take used clothing in to different charities but now even the Salvation Army wants only GOOD stuff, already cleaned and no buttons missing. I throw them in the garbage now. Churches have drop off places with no one around to give receipts. Meh! Used to give to giving trees for mentally retarded adults until I found (when working for a MR Center) the aides HAVE to use up the Social Security they receive (none of them have ever worked a day in their lives) so they don’t lose any of the benefits they get. The aides buy $400 sneakers and $60 cologne that unexpectedly comes up missing at Christmas. Nope, done giving so the Red Cross bosses can knock down the high six figure salaries.

[mistfree]

Yes, it’s the crickets syndrome! We get this information and it’s relegated to the waste hopper. We Conservatives need to attack every lie and piece of miss-information, every time, not just in a presidential election year. Lord knows the MSM will never help with something as difficult as the truth

[lowbridge]

Democrats are very charitable people who are more than willing to give you the shirt....off of somebody else’s back.

[Truth29]

I don't have the statistics to prove it, but I've often heard that Conservatives are much more supportive in individual and private charity while leftists believe that all charity and assistance are properly the venue of the government collective and therefore don't feel any obligation for private and individual action. The left, therefore, feels charitable as they impose one coercive program after another.

[rlmorel]

The reason this perception exists to a such a high degree is that the liberal politicians relentlessly hammer it home with thousands and thousands of commercials during campaign season, and liberal media convey the message both overtly and subtly in dozens of ways.

It infuriates me.

[ColdSteelTalon]

Democrats are more generous... With other people’s money. :)

[reg45]

Democrats are more charitable with giving away other peoples money.

[Adder]

I disagree...dumblecrats are very generous... with YOUR money, not theirs.

[Chode]

ONLY with other peoples money... ie TAXES!!!

[SES1066]

I remember the Milton Friedman Money Spending conceptualization;

1. Spend your own money for yourself - Self explanatory,
2. Spend your money for sombody else - Individual Charity,
3. Spend somebody else’s money for yourself - Welfare Recipients,
4. Spend somebody else’s money for somebody else - Government,

Start with these and it is easy to see that spending caution, efficiency and oversight decrease as we go down the list. Yet ease of spending and interest in increased spending goes in the opposite direction.

The final factor, not specified but rather implied in the above equation, is personal responsibility. It is easy to give the larger organization (like government) the responsibility when you are not holding your own self to be responsible. Look at the charitable giving lines in the pre-campaign tax returns for Obama and Biden. Tells a story there, doesn't it? Same for the Clintons, remember them taking donation credit for underwear?

[khelus]

The Undying Myth - Democrats are more charitable than Republicans

Who is more generous all depends upon whose money is being spent - the individual's money or the taxpayer's money.

[Blue Collar Christian]

C’mon now, Democrats are the most charitable. With other people’s money that is...