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Saturday, May 14, 2011

Coming Back Gently

I'm going to put up some smaller posts until I feel comfortable that Blogger has its head out of its buttocks. Here's a story that from file of links that I save for post ideas.

Six Most Generous Nations: US Ties For Fifth

Really? I thought we were the most generous nation on Earth helping everyone else out while running up our debt. Turns out we aren't. Switzerland is tied with us with Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia rounding out the Top Five. Ireland strikes me as an odd one. With all of their financial problems, more people donate there than they do here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Methinks you are conflating personal charity with nation-state charity.

Individuals voluntarily give their money to causes they deem worthy.

Politicians give your money to causes THEY deem worthy. Strangely, those causes relate to voting blocs in many cases....

Anonymous said...

Not only a poll, but a poll that doesn't even measure how much is given.

That's some solid facts there.