Quote from dddooo:
What that says, is that I am not going to be generous without government mandating that I do. Is that the way liberals view it?
Not exactly, what that says is "I don't believe it's going to make a dent so why should I even bother, I'd rather spend that money to get democrats elected and make them implement long overdue government programs that will help ALL poor.
Besides as I suggested before people who don't go to church have realistically less opportunities and insentives to make donations than people who do. I have very little doubt that secular conservatives donate just as little as secular liberals (assuming the same income level) and religious liberals donate as much as religious conservatives do.
Quote from trader1966:
Please give one example of Republicans robbing the poor. Good Luck.

Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
Unless we see statistically relevant data from documented tax returns that show how much was donated, where it was donated, and the percentage that was donated relative to income...the study is meaningless.
If it was a survey, forget about. Republiklans would just lie to make people think they are generous...

Quote from bsmeter2:
A drowning inbreed will cling to straws. The Republican inbreed base is genetically programmed to lie, that's why they keep on re-electing corrupt liars to represent them. These inbreeds screamed at pollsters who told them they were going to lose, now the same F**King inbreeds bring up similar survey data to strengthen their "IM-moral Minority" status. Too funny!! ROTFLMAO!![]()
I was not commenting on whether it's right or wrong, I was making a point that conservatives and liberals believe in two completely different approaches to the problem of poverty and it therefore is incorrect to judge liberals based on conservative criteria.Quote from drmarkan:
So charities won't make a dent, but big government bureaucracies will?
That's not what the study says, it says according to your own post that religious conservatives donate more than secular liberals. You choose to interpret is as republicans donate more than democrats, my interpretation is slightly different - religous folks donate more than secular ones. Of course there are more religious conservatives than religious liberals and vice versa.Quote from drmarkan:
We at least know that the study shows that Republicans donate more than Democrats. That is across the board, regardless of income.
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:
Unless we see statistically relevant data from documented tax returns that show how much was donated, evidence that the returns belong to conservative vs. liberals, where it was donated, and the percentage that was donated relative to income...the study is meaningless.
If it was a survey, forget about. Republiklans would just lie to make people think they are generous...
Quote from dddooo:
I was not commenting on whether it's right or wrong, I was making a point that conservatives and liberals believe in two completely different approaches to the problem of poverty and it therefore is incorrect to judge liberals based on conservative criteria.