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Re:How poverty changes your mindset by skookumchuck on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:05AM (#16463477)
Given that about a third of the country would identify themselves as progressives, it's hard to see if they gave of their own free will, there wouldn't be plenty of help to the disadvantaged.

But I rarely (never?) see any rhetoric in DNC politics about party members donating of their own free will to anything other than the Democratic party.

Re:How poverty changes your mindset by andygates on Monday February 26, 2018 @08:38AM (#16465133)
Virtue doesn't scale. Hence taxes for public good stuff because otherwise only the town with a generous Moneybags would have roads or a fire service (and the town with a racist Moneybags would only have a fire service in the white quarter). It's also hard to coordinate - see disaster response.
Re:How poverty changes your mindset by skookumchuck on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:29PM (#16468701)
We're talking simply about charity. There are plenty of wealthy liberals - like Hollywood, Gates, Buffet, Silicon Valley, etc. All the people who donated to Sanders. Plenty of money to give to charity.
Re:How poverty changes your mindset by emodendroket on Monday February 26, 2018 @10:34AM (#16465955)
Resources are unevenly distributed. Like, why don't the homeless all just pool their resources and buy a house?
Re:How poverty changes your mindset by skookumchuck on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:30PM (#16468711)
Seattle votes heavily Democrat. There's only a tiny fraction of them in Seattle that are homeless.
Re:How poverty changes your mindset by emodendroket on Monday February 26, 2018 @03:37PM (#16468760)
It's an extreme illustration of a principle that holds at many different levels.
Re:How poverty changes your mindset by tjr225 on Monday February 26, 2018 @01:51AM (#16463631)
Agreed on both of your points.