“People who “disagreed strongly” with that statement gave 12 times more money to charity per year than those who “agreed strongly” with the statement.”
You’re implying that those who do not give to private charities should not be scorned for this, because they believe in government welfare. But if this is the case we should see liberals giving more freely to the government, voluntarily handing over additional money from their paychecks to fund the federal welfare that they so believe in.
This reminds me of a story in our newspaper that featured an interview with a local business owner re. raising the minimum wage. The business owner fervently attested to the benefits of a higher minimum wage, even a so-called “living wage”. Yet at the end of the interview when the business owner was asked how much she paid her employees, she admitted it tended to be minimum wage, shrugging it off as something she couldn’t afford to do.
I say put your money where you mouth is.

From the article:
“even though his study found liberal families earned an average of 6 percent more per year in income than did conservative families”
I’ve read that the Liberal Democrats are the non-producers and that they voted for Obama so they could be supported by the productive class.
According to this, Liberals make more money than Conservatives. That would mean the most productive voted Democrat.
That is very interesting because I have not heard that until I saw this article. I have heard the exact opposite and I believed it until today.

The writer who stated that conservatives will “clench their wallets” rather than donate to a charity is watching too much liberal radio. According to numerous studies (for example:
http://blog.beliefnet.com/castingstones/2008/04/conservatives-give-more-to-cha.html?bt=polmashup
conservatives donate more to charities than do liberals. It is time to stand up for what we believe. Whole Foods is now one of my go-to stores…

SmallBizOwner::
“Average” does not mean “the typical democratic voter”. I.e. Democratic politicians could be making LOTS of money and tip the average upwards, whereas their voters make considerably less money and do rely on public funds.

I love witnessing cognitive dissonance. These results make you so uncomfortable you scramble to draw strange conclusions. Much easier than changing your invested beliefs based on fact. Hey SmallBiZOwner, for one, don’t you need to know the population sizes to make that “more productive” conclusion? Not to mention that liberals seem to congregate in larger cities with higher cost of living/higher wages. Seemingly geography wouldn’t necessarily equate to “more productive”.

Where do they comprise the “conservatives give more than liberals” statistics?

I have never given to an organization that asked me about my political affiliation. So where do these stats come from?

Warren Buffett is donating 99% of his money to charity upon his death. That alone should trump the conservatives. Not to mention the donations from Bill Gates.

How are “charities” defined? Are they simply 501(c)(3) status organizations? That would be billionaires giving millions to the Heritage Foundation would be “conservatives giving to charity”.

We’ve been thru this already. Red states give
well to churches, with their overhead of salaries and building projects, and only a slim amount going to help the poor.

Its like you read my mind! You seem to know a lot about this, such as you wrote the guide in it or something. I think that you just can do with some % to pressure the message home a bit, but other than that, that is wonderful blog. A great read. I will certainly be back.