Reply #12: The flip side of this [View All]

If people didn't have the YOYO attitude, then charities would be out of business. It because of this attitude that they can feel superior by giving a paltry sum when charities come a-groveling.

I have a different attitude about charities. I feel that if something needs to be done, from caring for babies with AIDS to feeding the poor or housing the homeless, then the government needs to be doing it. The government (all of us) needs to look out for the most vulnerable members in society and make sure that there are well-funded safety nets to catch the people in danger of falling. The Repubs leave such things to the "faith-based" who spend only on those who they think they can successfully proselytize.