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Kasz216 on 16 September 2008
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Jackson50 said:
Kasz216 said:
Although i would say it does make sense.

After all those that think it's the governments job thinks that money they pay in taxes is already part "Charity work"

Those who think that government money is money down the drain obviously think they need to give more money to orginizations they believe work.

 

Europeans may use that reason as they have higher tax rates compared to Americans. Liberal Americans, however, pay the same tax rates as conservative Americans. There may be minute regional differences in the US, but nothing comparable to the discrepancy between US and European taxes. I am not picking on liberals as I share equal disdain for the New Right and liberals, but as I said earlier…I give credit when credit is due.

Yeah but I think you miss my point.  The Liberal Americans think the taxes they pay work... while the conservatives think the taxes they pay don't work.

For example if your average liberal says "Well I should give 15% of what i make to help the poor."  they also think "Well 7% of my money already goes to the government for foodstamp programs so that counts."

So they only give 8%.

While the average conservatives say "Well I should give 15% of what I make to the poor" and think "Well the 7% I pay in taxes to the government for foodstamp programs and such don't really work.  So i've got to buckly down and pay a total of 22% of my total income to help the poor by donating 15%.

Basically my theory isn't that liberals are less charitable, but that republicans and democrats are equally charitable, but republicans give more because they believe the "mandatory" charity is worthless.