Just listened to Obama’s speech where he talked about how “compassionate” and “caring” we all should be.  I have a simple, sincere, serious question:

Who is more “compassionate” and “caring”…those who want the government to take care of everyone, or those who are willing to take care of their neighbors themselves?

It brings us back to the book that came out a couple of years ago (Who Really Cares? ) that showed definitively that Conservatives not only donate more to charity as a percentage of income, regardless of the level of that income, but they are also more likely to participate in charitable, and specifically secular charitable, activities.

So what does compassion have to do with big government liberalism (which is most decidedly what Obama is pushing for: higher taxes on the rich, univeral health care, fleecing “Big Everything)

I believe that this is a direct result of putting more money in people’s pocket’s because of lower taxes.

Americans Set Record for Charity in 2006
NEW YORK — Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charitable causes last year, setting a new record and besting the 2005 total that had been boosted by a surge in aid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and the Asian tsunami.
Donors contributed an estimated $295.02 billion in 2006, a 1 percent increase when adjusted for inflation, up from $283.05 billion in 2005. Excluding donations for disaster relief, the total rose 3.2 percent, inflation-adjusted, according to an annual report released Monday by the Giving USA Foundation at Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy.
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http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2007/6/25/84936.shtml?s=us