Generosity And Income | American Demographics | Find Articles at BNET

Hmmm. Wealthier Americans give less of their money and time to charity than poorer Americans, according to research cited in this article.

Huh. May I suggest that if you don't like entitlements, you need to give MORE. And if you're not willing to do that, keep "giving" 35+% of your taxes to the government.

The $303.7 billion that American's contributed to charity last year only accounts for 24% of what the government spent on entitlements ($1.961 trillion). That's a big gap to fill.

Generosity And Income | American Demographics | Find Articles at BNET: "People earning less than $25,000 contribute an average of 4.2 percent of their household income to charitable groups, while those making $100,000 or more shell out an average of 2.7 percent of earnings. This trend has been a consistent finding of Washington, D.C.-based Independent Sector, a nonprofit organization that has been tracking charitable giving since 1987."