Poverty, INC.

[Dr. Jones]

Shoot I never saw this.

Hope everything is ok Dala. Prayer for your parents and your family. Much love man.

same here.. first time seeing this.

Prayers, dala!

 

[♪alt13]

I got two parents in the hospital this week so the free time hasn't been massive.

I just enjoy that it seems you've dropped the bullying hatchet down. Say what you will about me arguably having one & chasing posters away sometimes, but the community is best if we all tone it down & encourage/respect each other

may they get well

 

[One Brow]

Haha..
And lose. Easily.

Pick your battles.

I agree with the notion that Republicans would endorse that charity needs to be given carefully, and that given wrongly, it can do damage. I think the disagreement is in the (perhaps unintended) implication that this is specific to Republicans or conservatives. Liberals also hold to the notion that charity needs to be effective.

 

[One Brow]

I got two parents in the hospital this week so the free time hasn't been massive.

Best wishes.

 

[One Brow]

So here's the confusion on my part.

Why is charity from an individual bad, but programs from the government good? Theoretically, both could accomplish the same thing if everybody put in, but one would be wildly more efficient. The hard part would be getting everybody to put in, obviously. I just don't see why they could hate charity but approve of the government programs we have.

Once you account for donated labor, government is of course more efficient, but I have a feeling that's not the one you meant.

I only looked at the clip in the opening post, but one of the private charity ventures they mention is Tom's shoes, which donates a pair of shoes for every pair you buy. the criticism is that all these free shoes tend to keep potentially local shoemakers from establishing a business.

There is really one effective type of donation, that almost always seems to do good most effectively. It's also the one most liberals and conservatives seem loathe to give in place of the alternatives: cash.