re: #93 Aceofwhat?

As a conservative, i think that it is my responsibility to donate a significant portion of my income to charities and other organizations who provide social services. I believe that i and my fellow neighbors can provide a more effective and loving social safety net than the government (although I do not believe in a complete absence of a govt safety net), and at less cost.

Charities are not the equivalent of an actual social safety net. If you took away say, our state-funded care for the developmentally disabled, there is no way in hell a charity would pick up the slack.