Originally Posted by raytri

Conservatives are control freaks in their own ways. Or rather, I should say "social conservatives."



First, note that the article itself points out that the difference is in how people view government's role, not in relative generosity. Conservatives will oppose social programs while giving slightly more to charity; liberals will donate less money to charity but support social programs that achieve as much or more.

Second, Stossel's experiment was bogus, largely because the Salvation Army is a religious organization, and a rather conservative one at that. It's no surprise that a conservative, religious population is more willing to donate to such a group than a liberal, nonreligious population that also happens to have lots of members of a group (homosexuals) that the Salvation Army considers immoral (unless they are celibate).