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2012-08-19 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Bobby 2012-08-19 07:19|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Charity is different from paying taxes.

But regardless of how you look at it, conservatives are likelier to tithe and to donate to charities than liberals.

Posted by American Delight 2012-08-19 08:19|| http://moneyjihad.wordpress.com/ 2012-08-19 08:19|| Front Page Top

#2 It used to be that charities usually don't have the coercive power of government and punishment to directly extract resources from others. However, now days, too many charities use their 'special interest' standing to employ agents within government to get a resource funding stream.

Posted by Procopius2k 2012-08-19 08:36|| 2012-08-19 08:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Gimme an "Amen" to that!

Posted by JohnQC 2012-08-19 10:33|| 2012-08-19 10:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Charities are Beggars, simple as that, Taxes are LAW, don't pay, go to jail.

That's the difference.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2012-08-19 11:18|| 2012-08-19 11:18|| Front Page Top

#5 "render unto Ceaser what is Ceaser's"

Posted by Besoeker 2012-08-19 11:27|| 2012-08-19 11:27|| Front Page Top

#6 And make damn sure Caesar doesn't get what doesn't belong to him.

Posted by tipover 2012-08-19 12:17|| 2012-08-19 12:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Charity is often more effective than the bureaucrats results with the extorted wealth.
Even more effective for society is just spending it on what you need.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2012-08-19 19:44|| 2012-08-19 19:44|| Front Page Top

#8 Charities as a form of tax?

Who came up w/this non-sense? John Roberts?

I love when statists get into this territory and cite Christian charity as some sort of related concept in order to somehow shame fiscal conservatives. I don't think Jesus would want folks coerced into giving charity at the point of a Roman spear.

Posted by Broadhead6 2012-08-19 20:19|| 2012-08-19 20:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Romney is one of the wealthiest Americans ever to represent a major party in a presidential race, and his personal finances have been under a political microscope.
Kerry and his wife are wealthier but for some strange reason this never came up when he was running .....

Posted by lotp 2012-08-19 20:36|| 2012-08-19 20:36|| Front Page Top

#10 Romney is one of the wealthiest Americans ever to represent a major party in a presidential race, and his personal finances have been under a political microscope.

How wealthy were the Roosevelt boys in today's dollars? Or that incorrigible tomcat John F. Kennedy? Presumably that major party bracket was meant to discount Ross Perot and Donald Trump...

Posted by trailing wife 2012-08-19 21:37|| 2012-08-19 21:37|| Front Page Top

#11 tw, remember that the Republicans are the party of the rich. So when a rich Republican (but I repeat myself) runs for office, his finances are a legitimate source of news information. However, when a rich Democrat (warning, oxymoron alert) runs for office, he/she obviously got rich through legitimate means (like Harry Reid?), so the press has no interest.
/sarcasm, as if you couldn't tell

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2012-08-19 22:21|| 2012-08-19 22:21|| Front Page Top

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