True Compassion Versus Liberal Grandstanding - Charles Cole

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True Compassion Versus Liberal Grandstanding
By Charles Cole (01/03/05)

As we enter 2005 on the heels of the devastating natural disaster in Asia, it might be a good time to reflect on the matter of compassion. Our liberal friends are forever claiming that they �care� about people to a much greater extent than do conservatives, who are often portrayed in the �mainstream� media as being greedy, selfish misers, wholly insensitive to the plight of their fellow humans.

This is another issue on which the facts simply do not corroborate the media�s distortion. Each year the Catalog for Philanthropy publishes a �Generosity Index� which portrays in graphic form the relative generosity of Americans. Average adjusted income of each state�s taxpayers is compared with the average itemized charitable contributions reported by those who itemize their deductions. This comparison produces a ranking of the states into a �generosity index�. "