Originally Posted by rwthomas1

My mother-in-law is a recently retired Episcopal priest. She had access to the national and state Episcopal charitable statistics. These stat's were very interesting. On a state-by-state basis the wealthiest states give the least, CA and CT being dead last. The poorest states gave the most, MS at the top. Within states the poorest areas contributed the most and the wealthiest the least. This was in every case, and not by a little bit. Its interesting to say the least. Maybe the less you have the more you relate to those who have none at all? RT