Quote Originally Posted by Ozarks
What has this to do with professor Brooks study ?

The same people that throw nickels to the disadvantaged are the ones that set them up and took them for a ride in the frirst place.

There is a difference, a 75% difference, if the study holds up under review.

I'm not doubting that part of it is true - but huge tax write-offs are the reason for the giving, and Public Relations (sometimes).

Actually he gives 100,000.00 (s) every year to charity, hats,shirts coffee mugs and all the silly stuff he sells. That may one reason to write about Brooks study, he knows he can't be attacked unless someone isn't thinking clearly and takes the bait.

Paul Newman's company "Newman's Own" sells tons of food and donates all the profits. I don't see Newman on TV praising the robber-barons, or himself - for that matter.


intolerance "creates" the problems.

Just one example:
O'Reilly is a Catholic. He is opposed to abortion. The Catholic Church is opposed to ALL birth control, except for the rhythm method. O'Reilly is also opposed to Capital Punishment - as is the Church. When abortion and birth control are barred, and the little progenies of welfare single-mothers stick a gun in our faces and pull the trigger, remember that O'Reilly and his ilk, safely living in luxury, were responsible for the birth of many of these criminals.
Basically, religion is a combination of fear and ignorance - which keeps people stupid. Hell, I'm not as "liberal" as many of the religious right, because they are buying into the whole spiritual reward thing. That's the only reason they give - to ensure a place in a mythical place called heaven. Their stupidity and greed is not excused, in my book, by a few write-offs.