I always love it when you see these peoples tax returns, when they give $100 (if that).. to charity while calling us cheep and selfish.

Ronald Reagan, 1962: I did not leave the Democratic party, the party left me.

Insert: your name, 2008, and the Republican party.

According to census,by 2042, caucasians will be the least amongst us.

Perhaps Redfern is right, in his mind, after all, he is a democrat and looks at other democrats and their behavior. Prime example is the democrat Obama who is a multimillionaire and has done nothing to help his brother, who lives in a shack on less than $12 a year.

D

Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.

Before Redfern makes a comment like

but unfortunately most Americans would not

He might want to do a little research and he would find this and this and this and this Then he wouldn't say such stupid things.

But unfortunately, to liberals like Redfern, the answer to the question "how much should Americans give to charity?" like the answer to "how much should we pay in taxes?" (and in Redfern's mind they are the same) the answer is always "More."

Statements like this from Socialists/Libs make my blood boil!

I came to despise Jimmy Carter a few years ago after a front-page Sunday Atlanta Journal-Constitution article, which featured a picture of him with his stupid grin and the caption "Americans are the stingiest people on Earth.".

To people such as Redfern and Carter, the only "giving" that counts is the taxpayer money they throw at a problem. The billions of dollars freely given each year by Americans to private charities in cash and labor mean nothing to Libs. We operate off of a Judeo-Christian ethic, while they operate off of a Socialistic/Old European ethic, that has lost sight of its own Judeo-Christian ethics.

To politely say that "There is room for improvement." is a valid point, but that is not what Redfern and his ilk are saying.

Those billions of dollars unrecognized by Redfern, Carter, et al, include the volunteer labor of our teenagers and young-adult children. In the last few years, members of our suburban Atlanta church have paid out of their own pockets to do volunteer work in Honduras; Costa Rica; Jamaica; Buffalo, NY; homeless shelters in downtown Atlanta; a Navajo reservation in New Mexico, Appalachia, and post-Katrina New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast; Habitat for Humanity; and prison ministries.

Within days of Katrina, our church members and those from nearby churches were loading up U-Haul trucks full of goods to send to New Orleans. Government didn't have to tell us to do that. That is what Americans are free to do!

A year or two ago, two church members from the Atlanta area died when an army truck overturned in Honduras. Perhaps a week earlier, a group from our church was in that same area and may have ridden in that same truck. That includes people from our own adult Sunday School class, one of which I have worked for.

It is not enough that they take our taxes, ignore our giving, and spit on us for "not doing enough", but then they have the arrogance to throw about out-of-context Bible verses (or snippets thereof). When Libs (including Barack Obama) use phrases such as "caring for the least among us" while championing abortion is at the very least blatant hyprocrisy!

By now we all know that abortion is more important to Barack Obama than comforting and giving medical attention - to those babies that survive late-term abortions - during their short lives.

Redfern and Carter are just the tip of the iceberg of this mindset.  I could go on and on... Must calm down, must calm down.

He thought of Jimmy Carter calling the Lord Obama "the black boy" --- Stereotypical southern racism, in the party of the KKK, the Democrat party.

towing the line and spouting the talking points of the Dems. Chris has been a respected member of Kiwanis for years, so he knows from the inside how charitable and fraternal organizations work. Members of organizations give thousands of hours and thousands of dollars to support worthy causes. Many individuals in the country are active financially and as volunteers in the communities  and organizations they contribute to. Some people that I know aren't blessed financially but they put in many hours of volunteer work.

Chris,

I'm truly disappointed that you've drunk the cool-aid so deeply.

... I felt obligate to send the following to the Ohio Democratic Party - parts of which were quoted from this story. I wanted to send all of the historical quotes but ran into a "character" limit in the form:

Chris Redfern's recent radio interview presumed, when speaking about people giving to charity, responded in part with "...but unfortunately most Americans would not..."
Our Government was not formed to be a Charity organization.  That is what Charity organizations are for. Duh!!

People do give and conservatives give more than liberals
.... Arthur C. Brooks, a professor at Syracuse University, published "Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism." The surprise is that liberals are markedly less charitable than conservatives.

...include these findings:
-- Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227).

-- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.

-- Residents of the states that voted for John Kerry in 2004 gave smaller percentages of their incomes to charity than did residents of states that voted for George Bush.

-- Bush carried 24 of the 25 states where charitable giving was above average.

-- In the 10 reddest states, in which Bush got more than 60 percent majorities, the average percentage of personal income donated to charity was 3.5. Residents of the bluest states, which gave Bush less than 40 percent, donated just 1.9 percent.

Next, a lesson from from some founding fathers and others
...    "A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labour the bread which it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circle of our felicities."--Thomas Jefferson

"I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents...." --James Madison

"I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity, ... would be contrary to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution  subversive to the  theory upon which the Union of these States is founded." --President Franklin Pierce

"Federal aid in such cases encourages the expectation of paternal care on the part of the Government and weakens the sturdiness of our national character." - Grover Cleveland 

Being an American is an honor.  I prefer that, and believe that as a public figure you have a duty and obligation, to teach people to fish instead of taking my fish and giving it to others who refuse to help themselves.

Dan

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Normally I don't root for the disease. But in your case I am willing to make and exception.