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johnjzjz · #61 01-17-2010, 10:39 PM

you would be in the duality of life with the outlaw motorcycle gangs as they are the original 1% ers

and cracks about the village people is droll

#62 01-17-2010, 10:43 PM

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you would be in the duality of life with the outlaw motorcycle gangs as they are the original 1% ers

and cracks about the village people is droll

How about you, have you donated yet?

You will have to talk to your buddy SRJ about my new nickname, it was all his idea.

Skid Row Joe · #63 01-17-2010, 10:47 PM

Anyone up on Berkshire-Hathaway Inc.'s majority shareholder Warren Buffett, would know that he has pledged in the neighborhood of close to $40,000,000,000.00 billion dollars of his personal fortune to charity.

Last year he gave $1.8 billion dollars away.

A lot more than the envious here and elsewhere could ever possibly give - even if they did give..

What I give or don't give, is my personal business.

johnjzjz · #64 01-17-2010, 10:47 PM

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How about you, have you donated yet?

You will have to talk to your buddy SRJ about my new nickname, it was all his idea.

i know it will be painfull and i still cant keep doing this for you BUT post #53 for the answers you soooooo need

Chas H · #65 01-17-2010, 10:51 PM

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Anyone up on Berkshire-Hathaway Inc.'s majority shareholder Warren Buffett, would know that he has pledged in the neighborhood of close to $40,000,000,000.00 billion dollars of his personal fortune to charity.

Last year he gave $1.8 billion dollars away.

A lot more than the envious here and elsewhere could ever possibly give - even if they did give..

What I give or don't give, is my personal business.

And what Buffet gives is his business.

#66 01-17-2010, 10:53 PM

Thanks guys, I'm not interested in the details of anyone's charitable giving and I'm not going to discuss mine either. I'm just trying to encourage everyone to do what they think is right.

johnjzjz · #67 01-17-2010, 10:54 PM

said like a good catholic

#68 01-17-2010, 11:00 PM

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And what Buffet gives is his business.

He made a public announcement several years ago that he was giving the majority of his wealth to Bill Gate's charity, if I remember correctly. He is leaving his children a relatively modest inheritance, which is probably a very good idea.

Im not sure why anyone would be particularly envious, but he does seem to have an unusually "grounded" life for a gazilionare.

#69 01-17-2010, 11:02 PM

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said like a good catholic

Thanks, I'm not catholic; but I play one on TV.

The Clk Man · #70 01-17-2010, 11:04 PM

My compassion for others is wearing thin, I give and give and get very little in return. Talk about a bad investment.

#71 01-17-2010, 11:07 PM

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My compassion for others is wearing thin, I give and give and get very little in return. Talk about a bad investment.

Sorry.

Chas H · #72 01-17-2010, 11:09 PM

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My compassion for others is wearing thin, I give and give and get very little in return. Talk about a bad investment.

If you're not getting a return then you haven't made an investment.

Billybob · #73 01-17-2010, 11:17 PM

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I resurrected the thread and the last time I checked, I was singular.

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This issue was raised in one of the recent threads on conservatives and Haiti so I thought I'd resuscitate it and make a comment.
I'd like to know more about the study itself. I think it's possible that conservatives might give more to charity than liberals but I suspect the data is skewed. Conservatives tend to be more religious than liberals and I'm betting that a considerable portion of the charitable giving in the study was to churches since they are non-profit institutions. Most of that money goes top pay for minister/priests/bishops/secretaries salaries and building maintenance and upkeep. I would not consider that 'charitable giving' in the same way as a donation to the Red Cross is charitable giving. Many churches in my experience do give a portion of their income to relief, disaster and the needy poor but that is a small percentage of their overall budget compared to something like the Red Cross or Red Crescent.
In addition, many if not all religions have a religious duty to give money to the institution which produces a strong social expectation and sanction that does not exist for non-church members.
In other words, a substantial portion of giving to churches amounts to tax deductible union dues and shouldn't really be factored into the 'charitable giving'. Perhaps it wasn't, but I suspect it was. Anyone have the details on the study?

While you can claim responsibility for starting the resurrection, you certainly can't now claim that you did so completely ignoring the subsequent contributions of your respondent fellow travelers can you? It would seem disingenuous at best if after having ended your post with a question, to later deny them equal credit as if their contribution where un-anticipatable rather than what was in truth inevitability.

Things must be mighty slow at the philosopher’s café if you’re reduced once again to arguing semantic hair splitting here with the unenlightened?

#74 01-17-2010, 11:21 PM

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I resurrected the thread and the last time I checked, I was singular.

Don't be so modest.

Billybob · #75 01-17-2010, 11:33 PM

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Thanks guys, I'm not interested in the details of anyone's charitable giving and I'm not going to discuss mine either. I'm just trying to encourage everyone to do what they think is right.

"I feel this way usually right after I finish disparaging and questioning the contributions of others, because I think someone will benefit from my encouragement of others to do what they think is right even though I don’t have any idea whether they’ve ever done what they think is right all along and possibly did so way before I ever did! Love Craig!"

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Interesting, but I do think you need to make a distinction between "mission work" and charity.

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You can always give some money to the catholics so they can go to africa and tell people that using condoms is "wrong," or maybe pay for the defense of a few more pediophiles.

Are we counting that as "charity" too?

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OK Mr. Berkshire-Hathaway, you can call me whatever you like if you make a contribution too.

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You're back, can I assume that you've made a donation?

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How about you, have you donated yet?

You will have to talk to your buddy SRJ about my new nickname, it was all his idea.