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Hawke[_3_]

On 3/12/2011 1:49 PM, wrote:
On Mar 12, 4:05 pm, wrote:

It's also true that I changed that topic slightly from only between
liberal and conservative to wealthy or poor, which to me, didn'tseem a big leap.

Fairly big leap without saying one is changing the subject.
Dan

Hawke

Actually I do think you are educated. But think you do not read what
you write before posting.

And I agree with you as far as the generosity of the Rich vs Poor.
But still believe that conservatives , in general, rich or poor, are
more generous than the liberals with the same amount of wealth.

I can come up with more studies on the comparative generosity of
liberal vs conservatives. But the one is pretty conclusive. It
started out to be a book that proved the liberals were more generous.
But the facts did not support that.

Do you have any experience with Rich Liberals?

Dan

Yeah I do, and it's funny because I've known a number of wealthy
liberals who were Jews and you know what? They're some of the nicest and
most generous people I've ever met. Completely against what the
stereotype says. On the contrary the rich, white, business people I've
known don't give anything away. Except when it's for business and they
think it will help them in some way. But that's just my own experience.

Seriously though, the whole idea of who is more generous liberals or
conservatives is a crock of ****. Anyone with a serious background in
social science research wouldn't waste their time with that kind of
thing. First off, how are you going to decide who is a liberal and who
is a conservative? What is the criteria for conservative? I'm a
conservative in many ways. You would be judged a liberal in some things
too. You would have to make the definition of who is what too
restrictive. That's the kind of survey someone does just to make a
political point or to stir up controversy. It isn't real science because
it doesn't really tell you anything.

Now judging the generosity of the rich against other wealth levels,
that's easy to do. It's easy to put a number on what is rich, what is
middle, what is low, and what is poor. Then you can compare how much
they give according to their wealth. These types of survey's have been
done many times already. They do show that most rich people are stingy
and it makes little difference what their political party is. If they
are rich they tend to keep it for themselves. All I can say on the
subject is that personally I have found people who call themselves
conservative don't give much to others. Because they feel they earned
their own way so should everyone else. Your experience may be completely
different.

Hawke