Despite the claims of some here Poor people are the most Charitable!

[Kasz216]

Avinash_Tyagi said:

Kasz216 said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:
Well if the system in those countries do a better job of supporting the poor then there is little reason to give

How?  Does France having a lot of Welfare make Zimbabwe any less poor?

A lot of charitable giving is at home... not all of it though.  France's number is ridiculiously low.

It's easier to ignore people suffering if you believe it's their governments failing them... and not people who have more then they need.

It's likely one reason why conservatives donate more money to charity.

But would the average zimbabwean be any better off if the french donated 10 times as much?  Or would onlythose at the top in Zimbabwe benefit?  The question isn't jsut how much money gets injected into a country, but how that money is spent/distributed, and what systems exist to make sure it doesn't just make the rich, richer.

Actually a lot of the charities that give to zimbabwe work well.

There are a lot of great international charities out there.  They aren't hard to find.

And... as stated above... the charity facts look very grim for the democratic states in the US.

To pretend that right wingers don't care about the poor is a funny arguement to make considering the above chart and data.

One would wonder how much charity would make up, if those crying charity doesn't work would donate as much as those that say it does.

Or even how much governmental welfare could be implemented if those who say they aren't being taxed enough put that money they weren't being taxed to good causes.