The real truth about charity, republican style.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/story?id=1387620

About halfway down the article

Neediest Overlooked?

Yet, while most of the grand events, such as a charity gala at the Waldorf Astoria, each raised hundreds of thousands of dollars, some people are left out in the cold.

"Americans are giving more and more and more to charity, they're giving less and less and less to the poorest citizens in this country," says Trent Stamp, who runs a non-profit Web site called the Charity Navigator, which evaluates and tracks where America's charitable contributions go.

"There's no doubt that American donors have abandoned the poor in terms of their philanthropic decision-making," says Stamp. "These are not the right types of charities that are endorsed by celebrities. These are not the types of charities that send you a tote bag when you make a gift."

Last year, contributions to charities working with the poor decreased to 8 percent of all money given, marking the third consecutive year of decline.

It seems that charity is going to more worthy institutions; places like Yale and the Lincoln Center. Places they frequent, not John Q. Public.

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1. This is what changed

Arianna Huffington. She found out that the rich never give to the poor.

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2. Saw the show last night on Primetime.

Then they went on to rich white people being attacked by sharks while vacationing (the rich white people were on vacation not the sharks). God I wish I could afford a vaction...but it is my own fault that I only make the medium income and have to spend all my money on heating bills this year.

The compassionate conservative has been proved to be just another hypocrisy of the right. They rather give to museums and symphonies than help the poor. Bah Humbug, are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? Are there no stringent bankruptcy laws? Are there no cuts in funding to medicare and school lunch programs?