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JoeyT

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6. Yeah, if you count money given to churches as "charitable".

Reply to Pryderi (Original post)

Tue Jun 18, 2013, 05:42 PM

Jun 2013

From the article:

The nation's most generous state was Utah, where Mormonism teaches tithing and the "typical household claimed charitable contributions totaling 10.6 percent of discretionary income."

So yeah, if you're counting money given to keep gay people from being able to marry as "charity" then sure.

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Republicans Give More Money to Charities than Democrats [View all] Pryderi Jun 2013 OP

Do they count their tithes as charitable giving? OriginalGeek Jun 2013 #1

This only shows scant correlation suggesting the claim. It's not proof by a long shot. NYC_SKP Jun 2013 #2

I read that more as lower income people are more generous and Republicans tend to earn less. denverbill Jun 2013 #3

Not all charities are created equally, nor is all giving. Giving cash to the symphony is nice.... Scuba Jun 2013 #4

I know we are more civil here, but did you mean to post this in the Lounge? Kali Jun 2013 #5

Yeah, if you count money given to churches as "charitable". JoeyT Jun 2013 #6

It's an angle conservatives have always liked to use a lot Populist_Prole Jun 2013 #7