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Originally Posted by Bubblehead1980
I HATE the term Progressive because many things that Progressives aka Liberals stand for....nearly all of which go against the constitution... are REGRESSIVE nor PROGRESSIVE. A big government is REGRESSION is not PROGRESSION.So keep harping on REGRESSIVES.
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Noun
regression (plural regressions)
1. An action of regressing, a return to a previous state.
So unless the US has been the United Socialist States of America once, there's no regression in it.
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Also, if a person wants to buy another car in lieu of giving a bum some money, that is their RIGHT because it is THEIR money.That is problem with "Progressives" Liberals etc they think that you are obligated to give money if you have it to other people.
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That's the problem with people like you, they think that their new Ferrari is more important than someone else's wellbeing.
There are lots of egocentric asocial people in this world, and I think the world should be protected from that.
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Originally Posted by Aramike
Blame stretch. That poor bum's peers allowed that offshoring to happen.
It's always so easy to blame the guy who comes out on top while wishing we were him. Such an odd dichotomy, this.
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Ah, now I get it. When some executive offshores work, it's the fault of the employees
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Originally Posted by Aramike
I prefer donation amount per citizen, which ranks 9th.
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With 5 of the 8 countries above the US being European
I'm very sorry, but even with your favorite statistics the US scores below many European countries.
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However, the statistic you are referring to doesn't account for private donations - which makes little sense considering that I was responding to a point about one deciding to buy a car rather than helping others.
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I've got another nice statistic for you:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' latest survey of consumer expenditure found that the poorest fifth of U.S. households contributed an average of 4.3 percent of their incomes to charitable organizations in 2007. The richest fifth gave at less than half that rate, 2.1 percent. (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...charity23.html)
So it seems that especially the guys who can afford to give, rather buy a new big fat Ferrari than give their money to charity.