Philanthropy Thrives In The Bible Belt

Mark Tapscott points us to a study today that is not to be missed.

It may not get much play in the MSM, but the Catalogue for Philanthropy's latest National Generosity Index finds a clear majority of the most generous states are in the Bible Belt where evangelical Christianity is strongest and household income is lowest. The least generous states are mostly in areas in which evangelicals are least common, but household incomes are highest.

You can check out for yourself the thorough anaysis that Mark has provided, but it's quite telling that the ten most philanthropic states were carried by Bush in 2004, while nine of the ten least generous went for John Kerry.

As the old saying goes, it's easy to be charitable with other people's money - a mantra with which the Left will forever be associated.