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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Several rebuttals overall. First, you beaked off about equalization in a response to CC. Well, We're already paying welfare provinces so much money that they get better services than we do. So yeah, don't be surprised that we're not interested in paying any more. http://www.torontosun.com/news/canad...15226-qmi.html
This report (from 2007) is also interesting. http://www.givingandvolunteering.ca/...ights_2007.pdf
Highlights:
71% of Canadians with household incomes below $20k donated. 90% of Canadians with household incomes above $100k donated. The average annual donation total was $437, led by the richest, of course.
The province with the highest average donations? Yup. The most conservative province in the country. In fact, Albertans were 36% above the national average. The province with the lowest average? Why the most socialist one of all! Quebec, at barely half the national average.
Quebec, likewise, is loathe to volunteer time. In fact, they were the only province to fall below the national average for percentage of adults who volunteered. Saskatchewan was highest, Alberta middle of the pack. The provinces that averaged the most hours of volunteer service per volunteer? Maritimes (with the exception of PEI), Alberta and BC.
But, you know, we're all selfish #######s, I guess.  |
Oh yeah, let's celebrate the generosity of this rich Canadians who donate, on average, $471 per year to charity, and honor the top 10% of Canadians who donates at least $1002 per year.
And I guess you forgot to quote the part of the report that mentioned that the 'poor' donate more generously than the 'rich' (as a percentage of income).
With all this generosity, why do we need government funded social programs at all?
When you consider that most Canadians probably spend more than $1000 a year on Tim Hortons or Starbucks coffee, is our generosity really something to be celebrating?
Governments provide a social safety net because the general public won't fund one through charitable contributions. To suggest otherwise is disingenuous.