Tuesday, November 23, 2004

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TownOnline.com - The Upper Cape Codder - Opinion & Letters: "Burns: Charity begins at home
By Joe Burns/ jburns@cnc.com
Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Who Cares

What to make out of the recent report from the Catalogue for Philanthropy?

The organization's Generosity Index, which measures and compares the generosity of all 50 states, ranks Mississippi as the most generous state in the nation and shows Massachusetts to be stingier than everyone else in the country except our 'live free or die' neighbors to the north (Rhode Island finished 48th for an all-New England trifecta.)

Well, surveys have been wrong before. Not too many years ago Girlfriend magazine listed Jackson, Miss. as more lesbian-friendly than Provincetown. Since then, more than 86-percent of Mississippi voters approved an amendment banning same-sex marriage.

But this generosity survey might not be that much of a miscalculation. This is the eighth consecutive year that Mississippi has topped the GI list, while Massachusetts, despite having received congratulations back in 2001 for the large increases in its charitable contributions, has consistently been a cellar dweller when it comes to donations."

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