Who gives more, conservatives or liberals?

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I find it difficult to regard the folks whose representatives insist that letting people go hungry will create more opportunities for them as the more charitable side. The conservatives around here certainly give more facepalms and headdesks...

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1132 ... -effective

Not sure it comes down to conservatives vs. liberals, probably more of an individual thing....there are plenty of decent people with more conservative leanings and same with liberals.

I don't really see the point of this thread, aside from to create more conservative vs. liberal bickering....Also I think when the 'liberals' though its not just liberals bring this up its more about wealthy conservatives in the government or who are influencing the government promoting stigma against the poor and people who need welfare even if its due to being disabled. I don't want to say its strictly conservatives but I haven't really heard much of that rhetoric from other political affiliations. At the end of the day if someone in that position donates to 'chairity' for a tax write of and still encourages that sort of stigma they aren't actually helping anyone that terribly much.

Also charity isn't always what its cut out to be, some charity organizations aren't even legit and don't really end up helping people too much or there might be very specific regulations on who can receive the charity depending on the leanings of the organization.

So what really is the point of this thread? I mean it just looks bad if someone encourages that stigma and then says 'look I gave money to chairity look how much more I give than people of (insert non conservative leaning) and continues to encourage the stigma and talk badly about the people who may benefit from said charity.

I'd rather take the ten dollars freely given,than have someone lord it over me that they gave me a hundred dollars,but then I'm stubborn.

They don't lord it over me to my face.The people who pay via taxes may need it some day themselves.I do agree it should be a safety net and not a hammock.
People are always resentful of taxes,I don't know anyone who gets excited about paying them.

I don't see the problem with paying taxes to fund programs that help the public....seems like one of those parts of contributing your fair share to society. Also people forget its not as though the majority of tax money is going to welfare, and sometimes the government ends up spending taxes on ridiculous un-needed projects I will perhaps try and look up some specific examples.....yet I don't hear a lot of people complain about that sort of thing.

Meh if I could work I'd certainly have no problem paying my taxes, sometimes I dislike how the government chooses to use tax money, but getting rid of all taxation just does not seem like the most rational of solutions for that issue.

Most people grumble about taxes and don't agree with how tax revenue is spent but they grudgingly accept it, anyway. What really pisses people off is to see or know of able bodied/able minded individuals that even in the best of job markets would rather do nothing but find new ways to game the system than to make a living via employment. It doesnt really matter what small percentage of tax money is spent on them, it's the principle of it that bugs the s**t out of them.