| ManusJustus said: Kasz, you are incorrect agian. Charity cannot be quantified by monetary donations. For example, a rich coal mining CEO donated money to my university for the construction of a new building, but he required that the name of the building promote the coal industry (to counter the push for green energy). Lets say he donated a a million dollars and after taxes had a net loss of $600,000, but how much value do you put on advertising and promotion of self interests? Surely a person who anonymously gives a donation is 'giving more' than a person who gives the same amount but wants recognization and to promote self-interests. So again, donations to charity are not an accurate measure of caring. Concerning taxes, liberals want a progressive tax system that increases taxes on the rich, yet liberals also happen to have more money on average than conservatives. Also, you failed to bring up an example of private donations being as effective as government funding. Which, I might add, is impossible since the government has much more resourcess and is better able to pursue charitable actions than a private charity could ever hope for. |
Such an example is BY FAR the VAST minority and it's hilarious you'd try and bring it up to prove a point.
The second point... again is silly since the salary difference between liberals and conservatives is about 6%. Not exactly a GIANT divide.
The third... I didn't come up with an example because well.. it's just well known charities are more effective. The government is known for it's vast inefficenies... so much so that IT has started giving money to private charities.
There are good and corrupt charities... and only corrupt government. For all your posturing you haven't provided something to the contrary, even though it's something widely regarded by as false... mostly because I think your still holding on to a false notion that more done = more effective even when it spends more money.
But heck, food banks do way more with less then foodstamps.
Private donations work better then government aid, because government aid usually isn't ever fully given what was promised... and if it does is often given largely in debt relief, which doesn't help anyone in the present.
Not to mention the nations in which government aid does go through too are often consdiered DISASTEROUS. Such as many different african nations.
See http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Aid-Working-Better-Africa/dp/0374139563
The government often causes more trouble then it's worth because it's big, pushes everyone out of the "aid" market and then does it what it thinks is best, even when it's blatantly obvious it's wrong. Charities are small and agile, government is large and slow, and not willing to improve things until the government decides to get together and finally kick it in the ass.
For another example of problems. When comparing people on Welfare and people who work but make about the same money donating to charity... people who work donate WAY more then the people on Welfare despite their income differences being negligable. Both groups are equally eligable and probably both use food banks.
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