Americans give record $295 billion to charities in 2006

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*not sure if posted already - delete if so.

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[Taso]

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[Ron Burgundy]

But the poor people would all starve if the government didn't steal from us and help them!

[plzleenowhammy]

exactly 0 of that came from me. i feel like a chode...

how does 295b compare to the gdp of other countries? post graph plz.

[lehighguy]

I wonder how it compares to the portion of federal taxes not paid on defense or pork...

[ALawPoker]

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how does 295b compare to the gdp of other countries? post graph plz.

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He said Americans give twice as much as the next most charitable country, according to a November 2006 comparison done by the Charities Aid Foundation. In philanthropic giving as a percentage of gross domestic product, the US ranked first at 1.7 percent. No 2 Britain gave 0.73 percent, while France, with a 0.14 percent rate, trailed such countries as South Africa, Singapore, Turkey and Germany.

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[monkeyman]

giving to religious cults shouldn't be included in this calculation.

[evil twin]

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giving to religious cults shouldn't be included in this calculation.

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[Exsubmariner]

Here is a book that came out last year about this.

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The numbers are pretty amazing. The average religious conservative gives 100 times as much as the non-religious liberal! I guess that shows who really wants to help.

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So I guess that those evil conservatives gave about $293 Billion while the party of love, caring, and inclusion ponied up about $2 Billion. Way to go conservatives. Leave it to people who don't believe in the effectiveness of government to put their money where their mouth is.

I wonder if all charitable giving were outlawed and given to the strict domain of government, how our society would fair. I understand that only $.25 of every $1 going to welfare actually reaches the people it is intended for. The rest of the money is spent on expensive cars and office buildings for government bureaucrats. I think that the charitable spending is prolly much more efficient in the private charities.

Coincidentally, I think this is a demonstration of AC prinicples where the private sector comes through where the government does not.

[GoodCallYouWin]

"So I guess that those evil conservatives gave about $293 Billion while the party of love, caring, and inclusion ponied up about $2 Billion. Way to go conservatives."

*ahem*

"average RELIGIONS conservative gives 100 times as much as the NON-religious liberal!"

The false conclusion to draw here isn't that liberals are stingy it's that athiests hate the poor.