Glenn Beck calls for increase in charitable giving along with shrinking government. Do you agree?

[Mr Khan]

kain_kusanagi said:

Kasz216 said:

There needs to be an increase in charitable giving even if you don't get rid of government spending in my opinion.

I wonder if you would see it though.

In general it seems to be shown that when people think welfare is primarily the roll of the government they're more likely to be content not giving to charity and saying "Oh well the government has failed those people not me."

Surely you'd see an increase from the other side of some sort... I wonder if it would be enough. Charity is a LOT more efficient so there is a chance but...  I imagine there would still be gaps in the system based on area.

Very true. I also believe that if the goverment was smaller it would cost less to run and therefor we would be taxed less. If that happens we all would have more money in our pockets and would be willing to give more to charities. It's hard for a family to give, even if they want to, when the goverments forces them to pay up. And it's easy for those families to figure what the goverment takes and parces for relief is good enough.

Right, but with freedom to give people can choose not to, or worse still, choose to give to counterproductive causes, like that sexist "Center for Military Preparedness" which bases its plank on trying to keep women out of the military.