Liberals put up or shut up on charities

I honestly think it's due to the immaturity of most liberals. Deep inside, they're still waiting for Mommy and Daddy to make them feel better. They don't know how to handle life on their own so they think the only way to be secure (for themselves and others) is to give control over to the government. Immature people are self centered and find it hard to go out of their way even a little bit to help someone voluntarily. It's easier for them to pay someone else (the government) to do it. That soothes their consciences. Being selfish, though, means that they won't do it by themselves; others (taxpayers) have to do it with them.

Because the liberals work best with other peoples money obtained to the threat of prison or worse if we don't pay outr taxes. The other sources you mentioned are voluntary without coercion. The sources the liberals use are not.

Why don't Planned Parenthood proponents fund it privately!? That is the question--we all know the answer to?--that confuses us all. I believe it has less to do with organizations like Planned Parenthood and more to do with ideology. Individuals like Obama and Pelosi and those singing the praises of big-spending government truly believe that America's only a great nation if the government is playing the equalizer. Having the government "fund" something, as inept as it may be, at least shows the government cares. Big-government dreamers believe that the money is not only endless but also fixes everything immediately. If only we could keep spending, our problems are solved! We'll just take the wealth from those who have it so that the government--the only body able to properly decide what's fair and what isn't--can fix America. In my opinion, the difference between big-government nanny-state ideology and self-reliance boils down to theoretical planning and practical application. 20 people on the street, all friends and neighbors, all hard-working individuals willing to look out for one another. If Mrs. Johnson falls on hard times and needs some work done, Mr. Smith and Mr. McHenry and others help out where they can. They strap on their tool belts to fix the floor. They drop off boxes of groceries. They do what they can. It's practical. It works. But then you have someone who has never done such a thing in his life, never strapped on a tool belt and never actually helped anyone. He thinks he can theorize a way to do it better - more efficient and "fairer." He petitions to make it law that everyone on the street has to give 30% of their income to put aside to help every Mrs. Johnson that pops up. In order to keep it "fair" and to ensure no one has any complaints, he also puts together different panels and bodies to oversee the projects. There's a licensing committee. There's a security council. There's a fairness board. And they all get paid. By the time it's all figured out, 2 dollars are spent for every 1 dollar taken to keep the system running, and Mrs. Johnson has to wait around through a harsh winter while permits are drawn up and while union workers are sent specifically to her home. There's just a huge separation between theory and practical application. Anyone can dream of a better way to do something. But that doesn't mean it works! Playing the nanny is inefficient and costly and time-consuming and ends up helping no one except those lining up to be a part of the nanny system. Government's theorizing and central planning kills charity. It kills hard work. It kills self-reliance. The fact that people actually want government to pull in more revenue not to pay down the debt but so they don't have to stop spending is something that literally keeps me up at night. What are they seeing that I'm missing? And should I be worried that there seem to be millions of big-government shills? I understand wanting to follow a dream. Dream on! But when that dream is for the government to exponentially grow in size and distribute money where and how it sees fit, I think people need to find a new dream, dammit! Be your own person and stop enabling government to drive us to ruin.