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FirstLight

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9. compassion

Reply to bullwinkle428 (Original post)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 11:21 AM

Aug 2012

is cultivated by the humility of 'being there' ... I think this is true for many people and the more who have lost work or homes etc over the past few years the more who 'get it'

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New study : Lower-income Americans DONATE MORE to charity than those in upper-income [View all] bullwinkle428 Aug 2012 OP

K&R BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #1

Du rec. Nt xchrom Aug 2012 #2

I just listened to that segment on NPR... WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2012 #3

I do what I can being a $35 thousand or so per year guy. Of course I work brewens Aug 2012 #4

As a percentage of income. Right wingers talk about the dollars and not the percentage. Overseas Aug 2012 #5

No Surprise To Me BrooklynBoy Aug 2012 #6

I think a lot of poor people have received help from charities before and live on the Arkansas Granny Aug 2012 #7

Pocket change. madamesilverspurs Aug 2012 #8

compassion FirstLight Aug 2012 #9

Heard that on NPR this morning on my drive to the stable. While this study is new, the information Egalitarian Thug Aug 2012 #10