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Originally Posted by SECdomination
Actually doing something productive to help with some of these causes is very different than wanting it. If I have to hear one more thing about Darfur, I think I might vomit.
And I wasn't saying that these causes are a waste of time, just that it's not feasible to please everyone, which is why democrats are less happy than republicans.
My chapter raises more money for philanthropies than any other Kappa Sigma chapter in the US. We donated over $40,000 last year to Children's Miracle Network and Shand's Children's Hospital. We also raised several thousand dollars for the March of Dimes. Believe me, republicans do know about the less fortunate, and are more than willing to do what it takes to help a cause that CAN BENEFIT FROM OUR HELP.
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Yep. There's a difference between productivity and trendy rhetoric. That's why I look at a lot of things critically because some people are genuinely and consistently productive and others are just jumping on one bandwagon after another. Darfur is a trendy bandwagon for some people and for others it isn't.
Democrats and liberals actually aren't trying to please everyone. Extremists are. Democrats and liberals are trying to lessen the social and class divide (that a lot of people unfortunately celebrate as if it's a sign of objective wealth) and higher taxes is one way that that is feasible.
It's great that your chapter does that. I know that Conservatives and Repubs don't ignore the less fortunate--whatever that means at any given time, as long as the haves and have nots don't get too blurred. However, your chapter's fund raising doesn't compare to the millions needed for national and local programs. Fundraisers don't cut it but higher taxes are frowned upon.