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One thing that we can for the most part agree on since we for the most part live in countries whose morals are founded on Judaeo-Christian values is that Charity is good.
It is even one of the 7 virtues of Catholicism
defined as:
Now, most conservatives are Christians so this may be a bit of a rigged game.
Whereas commies and leftists and dem don't give a fuck about anything besides big government running your life.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14765/stephen-king-says-republicans-are-mean-poor-people-aaron-bandler
1. Fifty-four percent of registered Republicans donated to charity, while only 45 percent of Democrats did so. This is according to 2012 data compiled by the Huffington Post, which also found that 51 percent of registered voters donated to charity while only 22 percent of those who aren't registered to vote donated to charity.
2. Thirty-three percent of Republicans volunteered their time toward charitable work; 24 percent of Democrats did the same, according to the Huffington Post.
3. Nine out of ten of the states that donated the most charity voted for Mitt Romney in 2012.
There is one important caveat: once religious organizations are taken out of the equation, the more left-wing northeastern states emerge as the more charitable states. But not only do religious organizations like churches provide charitable aid to the less fortunate, they teach philanthropic values to their members. They also increase the likelihood of the wealthy being introduced to people in poverty, thereby raising the likelihood that those who are rich will donate money to charity and volunteer for charitable causes. Therefore, it's valid to include donating to religious institutions as donations to charity.
4. Conservative households donated 30 percent more of their money to charity than left-wing households. This is despite the fact that left-wing households had six percent higher incomes than conservative households, according to data from Arthur Brooks in 2008.
5. The percentage of families living in "deep poverty" was 5.5 percent before welfare-to-work reform was passed in 1996; that number was reduced to 2.5 percent in 2007. The Republican Congress sent the welfare reform bill to President Bill Clinton's desk twice before he finally relented and signed it on Congress's third attempt. The bill clearly helped lift people out of poverty. Today, the percentage of families in "deep poverty" is closer to three percent but that's because of the sluggish nature of Barack Obama's economy.
For more on the welfare reform bill, read the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector's piece on it here.
6. During Ronald Reagan's presidency, 86 percent of those in the poorest 20 percent of income brackets in 1979 lifted themselves into better income brackets. The Left likes to claim that Reagan's presidency slammed the poor in favor of the wealthy, but that statistic from a Treasury Department debunks that claim, according to David Limbaugh.
7. The free-market values that underlie the Republican platform has lifted more people out of poverty worldwide than any government program ever could. The Daily Wire has a bevy of statistics on that here.
It is even one of the 7 virtues of Catholicism
defined as:
- Generosity, charity, self-sacrifice; the term should not be confused with the more restricted modern use of the word charity to mean benevolent giving. In Christian theology, charity—or love (agäpé)—is the greatest of the three theological virtues.
- Love, in the sense of an unlimited loving kindness towards all others, is held to be the ultimate perfection of the human spirit, because it is said to both glorify and reflect the nature of God. Such love is self-sacrificial. Confusion can arise from the multiple meanings of the English word "love". The love that is "caritas" is distinguished by its origin—being divinely infused into the soul—and by its residing in the will rather than emotions, regardless of what emotions it stirs up. This love is necessary for salvation through Jesus Christ, and with it no one can be lost.
Now, most conservatives are Christians so this may be a bit of a rigged game.
Whereas commies and leftists and dem don't give a fuck about anything besides big government running your life.
http://www.dailywire.com/news/14765/stephen-king-says-republicans-are-mean-poor-people-aaron-bandler
1. Fifty-four percent of registered Republicans donated to charity, while only 45 percent of Democrats did so. This is according to 2012 data compiled by the Huffington Post, which also found that 51 percent of registered voters donated to charity while only 22 percent of those who aren't registered to vote donated to charity.
2. Thirty-three percent of Republicans volunteered their time toward charitable work; 24 percent of Democrats did the same, according to the Huffington Post.
3. Nine out of ten of the states that donated the most charity voted for Mitt Romney in 2012.
There is one important caveat: once religious organizations are taken out of the equation, the more left-wing northeastern states emerge as the more charitable states. But not only do religious organizations like churches provide charitable aid to the less fortunate, they teach philanthropic values to their members. They also increase the likelihood of the wealthy being introduced to people in poverty, thereby raising the likelihood that those who are rich will donate money to charity and volunteer for charitable causes. Therefore, it's valid to include donating to religious institutions as donations to charity.
4. Conservative households donated 30 percent more of their money to charity than left-wing households. This is despite the fact that left-wing households had six percent higher incomes than conservative households, according to data from Arthur Brooks in 2008.
5. The percentage of families living in "deep poverty" was 5.5 percent before welfare-to-work reform was passed in 1996; that number was reduced to 2.5 percent in 2007. The Republican Congress sent the welfare reform bill to President Bill Clinton's desk twice before he finally relented and signed it on Congress's third attempt. The bill clearly helped lift people out of poverty. Today, the percentage of families in "deep poverty" is closer to three percent but that's because of the sluggish nature of Barack Obama's economy.
For more on the welfare reform bill, read the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector's piece on it here.
6. During Ronald Reagan's presidency, 86 percent of those in the poorest 20 percent of income brackets in 1979 lifted themselves into better income brackets. The Left likes to claim that Reagan's presidency slammed the poor in favor of the wealthy, but that statistic from a Treasury Department debunks that claim, according to David Limbaugh.
7. The free-market values that underlie the Republican platform has lifted more people out of poverty worldwide than any government program ever could. The Daily Wire has a bevy of statistics on that here.
