Who Really Cares

I predict that this book is going to cause of lot of arguments among people who just can't believe it, liberals and conservatives.

"Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth about Compassionate Conservatism" (Arthur C. Brooks)

Author Arthur Brooks, once a registered Democrat now an independent, is a professor at Syracuse University and a behavioral economist.

From Beliefnet: Philanthropy Expert: Conservatives Are More Generous.

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.

Conversely, secular liberals who believe fervently in government entitlement programs give far less to charity. They want everyone's tax dollars to support charitable causes and are reluctant to write checks to those causes, even when governments don't provide them with enough money.
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"These are not the sort of conclusions I ever thought I would reach when I started looking at charitable giving in graduate school, 10 years ago," he writes in the introduction. "I have to admit I probably would have hated what I have to say in this book."

Still, he says it forcefully, pointing out that liberals give less than conservatives in every way imaginable, including volunteer hours and donated blood.