Who gives more to the poor?

From John Armstrong:

Brooks challenges conventional wisdom about who really cares for the poor, showing that it is conservatives who give more to the needy. Each year, he notes, conservatives give 30% more to charity than liberals. And the more religious people are the more charitable they are likely to be. Believers are actually 57% more likely to help the homeless, for example, than secularists.

Worth reading.  Despite my cynicism regarding the Evangelical subculture, this does not surprise me at all.

One thought on “Who gives more to the poor?

  1. Jim

    I do want to get Brooks’ book.

    Still, it’s funny (in a sad sort of way) how Armstrong’s remark reflects American blinders when talking about the options. It’s either conservative, small-government Christians, or liberal, big-government Christians.

    Ignored here is European-style Christian Democracy. Here we have conservative, welfare-state Christians.

    I don’t want to go whole hog here on Christian Democracy – the government is a bit too big for my taste – still, it’s sort of funny that it doesn’t even seem on the radar screen of most Christians, whether conservative or liberal.

    I guess because they never evolved in English-speaking countries (because, for whatever reason, English-speaking countries never experienced the anti-clericalism to which CD parties initially resopnded).

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