Whenever I debate liberals about welfare policy, and argue that private, voluntary charity is a better alternative than government bureaucracy, I always get a response along the lines of, "But people don't give enough to charity! Poor people need the government."
Correction: You don't give enough to charity. According to an article at Beliefnet.com via Greg Mankiw's Blog,
conservatives who practice religion, live in traditional nuclear families and reject the notion that the government should engage in income redistribution are the most generous Americans, by any measure.Real generosity does not equal what you want to do with other people's money. Voting for universal healthcare is not generous. Donating money to a hospital in a world without universal healthcare is.
Conversely, secular liberals who believe fervently in government entitlement programs give far less to charity. They want everyone's tax dollars to support charitable causes and are reluctant to write checks to those causes, even when governments don't provide them with enough money.
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liberals give less than conservatives in every way imaginable, including volunteer hours and donated blood.
But for most affluent liberals/socialists, helping others does not seem to be the top priority. People love politics because they can stick a poster in their window, give up 5 minutes on election day, and feel like they did their part in helping to solve the world's problems. Then they can get back in their BMWs and continue complaining about how people don't do enough to help the poor.
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