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		<title>By: Frank Lynch</title>
		<link>http://chasingthewind.net/2004/11/11/generosity-index/#comment-2228</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank Lynch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah, it&#039;s about time for the annual release. If past years are any judge, people will again take up this red state-blue state split, and not realize how badly flawed the Generosity Index &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.samueljohnson.com/blog/archives/0411b.html#12a&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;is&lt;/a&gt;! It extrapolates from the few who itemize charitable deductions to entire states, and because it&#039;s based on comparisons of rank data, it&#039;s easier for a poor state to do well than a rich state. (People in the richest state could give everything they have away, everything, and not have a higher rank in giving than in earning - - and those in the poorest state could donate nothing, and they would have the same rank in the Generosity Index.)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah, it&#8217;s about time for the annual release. If past years are any judge, people will again take up this red state-blue state split, and not realize how badly flawed the Generosity Index <a href="http://www.samueljohnson.com/blog/archives/0411b.html#12a" rel="nofollow">is</a>! It extrapolates from the few who itemize charitable deductions to entire states, and because it&#8217;s based on comparisons of rank data, it&#8217;s easier for a poor state to do well than a rich state. (People in the richest state could give everything they have away, everything, and not have a higher rank in giving than in earning &#8211; - and those in the poorest state could donate nothing, and they would have the same rank in the Generosity Index.)</p>
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		<title>By: Michelle Malkin &#187; MOST CHARITABLE STATES&#8211;RED OR BLUE?</title>
		<link>http://chasingthewind.net/2004/11/11/generosity-index/#comment-2227</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michelle Malkin &#187; MOST CHARITABLE STATES&#8211;RED OR BLUE?]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 08:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://chasingthewind.net/2004/11/11/generosity-index/#comment-2226</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doh.  I meant to blog that link you sent me.

People trying to leave this country because they don&#039;t care for Christians are finding out it&#039;s hard to move to another country.  I&#039;ll help them pack, though, if they wish.  :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Doh.  I meant to blog that link you sent me.</p>
<p>People trying to leave this country because they don&#8217;t care for Christians are finding out it&#8217;s hard to move to another country.  I&#8217;ll help them pack, though, if they wish.  <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Courtney</title>
		<link>http://chasingthewind.net/2004/11/11/generosity-index/#comment-2225</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anonymous was me, btw. :neutral:]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anonymous was me, btw. <img src='http://s0.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_neutral.gif' alt=':neutral:' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://chasingthewind.net/2004/11/11/generosity-index/#comment-2224</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anonymous]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Duh- they&#039;re saving up to &lt;a href=&quot;http://harpers.org/ElectingToLeave.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;buy citizenship in another country&lt;/a&gt;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Duh- they&#8217;re saving up to <a href="http://harpers.org/ElectingToLeave.html" rel="nofollow">buy citizenship in another country</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
		<link>http://chasingthewind.net/2004/11/11/generosity-index/#comment-2223</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=132x1343973&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Democratic Underground&lt;/a&gt; where all the liberals hang out:

&lt;blockquote&gt;Got a call from the March of Dimes today. I listened to the woman&#039;s prepared text, and said, &quot;I&#039;m sorry, we will no longer be donating, please take us off your list.&quot; She asked why, and I said, &quot;Due to the election results, we have decided not to enable the Bush Administration by supporting charitable organizations who are filling the vaccuum [sic] caused by his mishandling of the country. It&#039;s all up to President Bush now.&quot;

She sounded surprised.

We will say this to all of the organizations we donated to last year, when they come a&#039; callin&#039; this month and next.

For the next four years, we help our own, and that is it. We contribute to political causes, and that is it. &lt;/blockquote&gt;

Amazing that because Bush won, liberals are not interested in contributing to fighting birth defects.  I&#039;m lost how those two events are related.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=132x1343973" rel="nofollow">Democratic Underground</a> where all the liberals hang out:</p>
<blockquote><p>Got a call from the March of Dimes today. I listened to the woman&#8217;s prepared text, and said, &#8220;I&#8217;m sorry, we will no longer be donating, please take us off your list.&#8221; She asked why, and I said, &#8220;Due to the election results, we have decided not to enable the Bush Administration by supporting charitable organizations who are filling the vaccuum [sic] caused by his mishandling of the country. It&#8217;s all up to President Bush now.&#8221;</p>
<p>She sounded surprised.</p>
<p>We will say this to all of the organizations we donated to last year, when they come a&#8217; callin&#8217; this month and next.</p>
<p>For the next four years, we help our own, and that is it. We contribute to political causes, and that is it. </p></blockquote>
<p>Amazing that because Bush won, liberals are not interested in contributing to fighting birth defects.  I&#8217;m lost how those two events are related.</p>
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		<title>By: Swt GA HunnyB</title>
		<link>http://chasingthewind.net/2004/11/11/generosity-index/#comment-2222</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Swt GA HunnyB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:35:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Generosity!  I&#039;m 19!  Boooyaaaa!  :razz:]]></description>
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