| Northsider - not necessarily true. Studies have shown that percent donated out of total income is extremely high at low income levels, pinches as it rises into the middle class, and then increases again as it enters the upper strata of the middle class. Sort of as an hourglass. If you think about it, it makes sense. The rich have plenty of money to give, whereas the middle class are striving to get higher and feel as if they don't have any disposable income to donate (everything for a house, for example), whereas the poor sympathize very deeply, and while each contribution may not be much it's a large part of their income. |