I don't believe Gary Hart was ruined by scandal, per se.
First, he supported a very unpopular, but I think kinda OK,
50 cent/gal tax on gasoline. When gas about $1/ gal (including
taxes). This made the unsure very unsure.
Only second did he publicly claim something like he
would never cheat/
I remember a discussion with Bryan, where he claimed that the average
proportion of income donated to charity is about 1% or 2%. Say somebody
makes $30K, that $300/year. I can easily imagine a religious person
giving a few bucks a week to church ($2x52= $110) plus maybe some extra
during fund
People give as much as they care to. To the extent that they give less
than they'd claim they'd want to see given, it's because the former is a
revealed preference and the latter is an expressive preference. There's
only failure involved inasmuch as we let things be determined by
expressive
--- Jason DeBacker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Why don't more people give more money to charity?
- The history of charitable money getting into the wrong
hands has scared people from donating.
Yes, and also the fact that in many charities, most, even up to 80
percent or more, of the donations
Also Mother's day always falls on a Sunday which reduces delivery
options (not to zero but fewer options are available on Sunday) and
raises the attractiveness of sending flowers to arrive on the Friday or
Saturday prior.
Alex
If someone personally cuts some flowers from a garden (with
Fabio,
I dont know it 1 or 2% is low or high either. I was mostly
considering at the margin, people would seem to support more
charity, yet dont. Sure, few could give thousands, but many
could give up a nice restaurant dinner, a couple rental
movies, or some such thing each month, and would
Fabio Rojas wrote:
somebody makes $30K [a year] ... willing to give about $30 month to charity.
Is that low or high? I'd say it's probably ok, most people can't afford to
give much anyway, with mortages, student loans, children, etc. Only the
wealthy could give thousands and still pay the phone
My mom would think it was a thoughtful gift and my wife (she is my exclusive
girlfriend) would call me cheap.
Lynn
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From: Fred Foldvary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2003 1:26 PM
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Subject: Re: Timing of Mother vs. Lover Flowers
Eric Crampton wrote:
Your imagination is clearly too limited if you can't imagine
anyone who
would baldly state that they prefer the cable TV. I
certainly prefer
spending my $67/mth on Dish Network top 100 plus HBOs plus
locals plus
built-in TIVO to sending the money off to save an arbitrarily
Why does TV have seasons? I know it's customary to propose possible
answers to questions posted here, but I'm really stumped. I can't think of
any reason why television networks all premier their new shows in the
fall and play re-runs in the summer, instead of spreading out the premiers
and
Hart went on a boat with Donna Rice and two other friends. The media never
had any more evidence than that that he had an affair, but they crucified him
for having an affair just the same. The same news media for months pretended
that they didn't beieve that Clinton was having sex with
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