This is the fundamental problem with all claims that one group gives more than another. "To whom" should always be the question. If it's not answered, the resea

This is the fundamental problem with all claims that one group gives more than another. "To whom" should always be the question. If it's not answered, the research is junk not even worth engaging with. A lot of "giving" is done at least in part to promote a moral/religious/political agenda, and some of it isn't charitable or compassionate in any sense at all. Conservatives' attitudes toward private giving and public aid/expenditure are inseparable. They don't want to help people more so much as to exert control more. Shifting from public to private lets them decide how the aid flows, who is deemed worthy, who is brought into the warmth and who is left out in the cold (and I'm sure you can guess what some of those criteria are).