This story pretty much speaks for itself. It seems that conservatives give more to charity than liberals do.

Even after controlling for income — some studies, like those finding red states as a whole give a higher percent of income than blue states do, have failed to do that. (Others then counter-argued that people who make more money can give more, but still end up donating only a small percentage of their income.)

Now that the issue is settled, what does that say about American politics? Well, certainly, that conservatives are more charitable than liberals — though you could argue that liberals are more charitable through government policies that force everyone to “donate.” I would say it’s a feather in the cap of the right, and a solid rebuttal of the notion that conservatives are hard-hearted compared to those compassionate, nice liberals.

Best graf:

“The book’s basic findings are that conservatives who practice religion, live in traditional nuclear families and reject the notion that the government should engage in income redistribution are the most generous Americans, by any measure.”

Robert VerBruggen blogs at http://robertsrationale.blogspot.com.

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