Reply #8: It may be beneficial to view these results with a grain of salt given

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the sources they are coming from. Policy think tanks that profess to be representing a group of thought are generally unreliable sources for unbiased information.

There are a number of ways to intentionally and unintentionally sway the results. Even seemingly trivial things such as the gender and attractiveness of the person asking the questions (if questions are asked in person) can be shown to give differing results. Males are significantly more generous when it is an attractive female asking the questions.