Redeem yourselves, liberals, and be more charitable
This holiday season is a time to examine who's been naughty and who's been nice, but I'm unhappy with my findings. The problem is this: We liberals are personally stingy.
Liberals show tremendous compassion in pushing for generous government spending to help the neediest people at home and abroad. Yet when it comes to individual contributions to charitable causes, liberals are cheapskates.
Arthur Brooks, the author of a book on donors to ...
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As a socially liberal but political and financial conservative I found the article to reflect what I had seen anecdotally in my own life while doing regular charity and volunteer fundraising work. Strong conservatives have in my experience here in Massachusetts are ALWAYS the biggest check writers and the most willing to give of time and overall assistance.