Monday, December 26, 2011

The Giving Season: Why the 99% Are Actually More Philanthropic Than the 1%

The Giving Season: Why the 99% Are Actually More Philanthropic Than the 1%: "This is the giving season and we Americans are prodigious givers. Nearly two thirds of us donate to charities each year. This year we will send more than $225 billion to charities. More than a quarter of this giving will occur in December.

Those are the bare facts. But this year, when the stark divide between the 1% and the 99% has begun to inform our thinking and our approach, it might be instructive to examine the world of giving through that lens...."

4 comments:

MotivatedinOhio said...

I am not surprised.  The 1% believe that the rest of us are lazy, and only they deserve.

Underground Politics said...

Which is pretty sad on their part since they tend to get rich off of the Middle Class.

MotivatedinOhio said...

That's why I am not buying anything I don't have to buy.

Underground Politics said...

Which is pretty awesome on your part.