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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for posting this, OP! I've been struggling with how to explain the difference between a democrat and a republican to my five year old, and now I can simply read your post and explain that republicans are ignorant, selfish people who only care about themselves. Thanks again! [/quote]

Republican here.  Not all Republicans are as self-absorbed as this OP is.  In fact, I would bet this poster would consider himself/herself an Independent - not a Republican at all. 
There are some of us Republicans - many, in fact, - who care deeply for those who are struggling to make ends meet.  There are those of us who volunteer for Meals on Wheels, or at a local soup kitchen, or at a local school providing tutoring services (for free).  There are those of us who donate money and goods to non-profits in order to help others who are not as fortunate.  Many of us Republicans don’t have the HHI that others do, but find the money and the time to help others.  
Don’t let this poster serve as representative of Republicans - or any party - for that matter.  S/he is in a league all his/her own.  And, none of us want to join him/her.  [/quote]

Not to mention Republicans donate more to charity than Democrats who are waiting for the government to take care of things. I'm registered as Green so it's not like I'm siding with one party or another.

I started off life as a child of an upper middle class family and ended my childhood as the child of an upper lower class family.  Maybe lowest of the middle class.  Dad gave up his stressful, success driven, cut throat, executive position to become a civil servant.  There wasn't money for community college let alone a 4 year school and I'm learning disabled and not a great student, so there weren't any scholarships or grants. 
Still I managed to do well and even had $300k in assets.  One severely disabled child is all it takes to lose all you have.  Selling my DC house and moving to an area of the country with limited opportunities but wonderful services for said disabled child.   Paid cash for the house so all I have to cover are the taxes and upkeep costs for our housing.

I'd rather be poor than happy than rich and miserable.  Granted money does make things a little easier and it's nice to be able to afford a plumber.[/quote]

[b]The "charities" that Republicans donate to are largely their own churches[/b].[/quote]

Now, I'm not sure whether or not that's true, and not ALL republicans go to church every Sunday. I'm a republican and I haven't been to church in a few years, but in that time I've donated thousands of dollars to more than one charities (mostly ones dealing with needy children and families in the USA, but not all).

But if it IS true that most of the money that republicans donate is to their own churches, what's wrong with that? What do you think the churches do with the money? When I did go to church, I remember our pastor telling us about sending money to Haiti to help out the earthquake victims. He also used to get lots of phone calls from needy people within our community and he'd use some of the money to help these people out. He used whatever money people "donated" to the church to help out various charities. Don't you know that, pp? What do the "democrat churches" do with their donations?  :?

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