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To: Brumar89 who wrote (210119)12/7/2006 10:36:29 PM
From: jttmab  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Who knows. You haven't posted anything about them. But neither of us really care - you're using them for rhetorical purposes.

I know. ... Sorry, I did that on purpose. I like to observe how people handle things. You, mjfdl, and Iktomi each approached it from a different direction. I found it interesting. ... I care...there are different ways to slice the pie.

As noted elsewhere, Iktomi's (and for that matter your) denigration of religious givers is another example.

The last thing I would go is denigrate any one's decision on charitable contributions. It can be a difficult decision as to where to donate one's capital. I personally have little interest in building churches but someone else might say that ~spreading the word that Jesus died for our sin's is man's most important need. Both my mother and her mother bought statues to go in the Churches where they worshiped. That was their choice. I choose to give my donations elsewhere. In some ways I envy religious givers, it's an easy way to donate. I probably put too much effort into picking charities.

How many liberals putting down other's charitable giving do I need to have a group of them?

A random sample of somewhat more than 1,000. But you've failed to correctly identify me as denigrating religious givers, so that's problematic in itself. You should probably contract an independent polling organization and let them do the job right.

The government has been trying to encourage jobs that way for at least 30 years with little success. So its reasonable to disbelieve "the idea that government offers the best solution to social issues". Sure charities don't create jobs. Businesses create jobs. But the right charities do prepare and motivate people to become more employable.

Do you think the WPA was a complete failure and waste of government effort and that charities would have picked up the ball during the depression along with business?

I suspect Brooks has given his suggestions thought. Perhaps you should read the book to find out more than one can from a review.

I was rather hoping that you might have a counter argument. I hate to think that I've picked my charities based on the exact opposite of what I should have been. But you don't have any independent thinking to offer on that.

I just dumped a charity because they lied to me. So I have to either find another charity or up my contributions to the other charities I already support. I've been picking charities based on their lower administrative costs. Maybe I should have been picking charities with higher administrative costs since that suggests they are more serious about fund raising.

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