Down Under: Report finds country people digging deepest for charity

[Tsiyu]

Wonder if this is also true in the US?

From ABC Mid North Coast

http://www.abc.net.au/news/items/200607/1681013.htm?midnorthcoast




Report finds country people digging deepest for charity




(ACDT)Friday, 7 July 2006. 07:03 (AWST)


A philanthropic organisation says tax office figures suggest people in rural New South Wales are more charitable than their city counterparts.

A Queensland University of Technology reports says it is "unexpected" that 9.5 percent of the nation's income tax exempt charities are in rural areas of New South Wales and the ACT when those areas house less than 3 per cent of the population.

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"Part of the problem with living in the city is you commute back and forth from work every day and you may not even really see or understand some of the social issues that are around you," she said.

"I think we live quite insulated lives in the city whereas I think perhaps in rural areas you can see what happens and you can more directly get involved, perhaps."



Has anyone in the US done a similar study a DUer can link to? I'll also search myself. I think this is an interesting study of human behavior.

[Democrats_win]

1. Tax exempt charities are not a good measure of goodness.

In Denver they're trying to convince people not to give money to beggers at stop lights in the city. This giving doesn't show up as tax deductions yet there is no question that people in the city give. Whether this is effective charity is another story.

In England, property ownership is everything and perhaps some of the rich Lords and Barons live in the country. We might even guess that they would try to get tax breaks for their massive estates so they reduce their taxes by claiming to be a charity. Of course we don't know if that's true.

[Tsiyu]

2. True - it was just an interesting study about rural life

Thought it might spark a discussion or lead to further links on the subject.

Peace