Absolutely! All the people that say "X should give more", typically assuming "X" doesn't give anything should read the lesson of the Widow's Mite and apply it

Absolutely! All the people that say "X should give more", typically assuming "X" doesn't give anything should read the lesson of the Widow's Mite and apply it to themselves rather than to "X". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_of_the_widow%27s_mite http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_of_the_widow%27s_mite I usually get up before my wife. She asserts I don't have a quiet bone in my body. Well, from her point of view, I don't -- but she only hears me when I'm noisy, not when I'm quiet. Just because you don't hear something, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. 1) So, for "rich people" who give away money in a "noisy" fashion, walk through your local colleges, universities, and other public places and see how many buildings have a family name on the building. Those are rich people that have donated a lot of money to make that building a reality. 2a) For "quiet" rich people, note that pg said "If I could afford to, I would have quietly done it." For all the buildings (above) found with a name attached to it, realize there are hundreds of other people that gave substantial amounts and thousands that gave "widow's mites" to make that building a reality. My guess is that the "named" person gave 30-70% of the necessary amount and unnamed people made up the balance. 2b) In the USofA, 503(c) is the IRS section dealing with tax-exempt, nonprofit corporations or associations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501%28c%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/501%28c%29 Those are all created and funded by people giving amounts both large and small to "do good." Those are all vehicles for people to silently (for the most part) give money to good causes. Assignment: count the number of 503(c) nonprofits that are registered with the IRS... http://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/search.do?resultsPerPage=500&nameSearchTypeStarts=false&names=&nameSearchTypeAll=false&city=&state=All...&country=USA&deductibility=all&sortColumn=name&indexOfFirstRow=0&isDescending=false&dispatchMethod=search http://www.irs.gov/app/pub-78/search.do?resultsPerPage=500&#... (hint: 835000 gets you into the "Z"s).