Comments on: Donations to the Arts Are NOT Elitist? http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/01/09/donations-to-the-arts-are-not-elitist/ Arts and Culture for North Texas and Far Beyond Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:48:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jerome Weeks http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/01/09/donations-to-the-arts-are-not-elitist/#comment-3982 Jerome Weeks Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:30:06 +0000 http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/?p=2422#comment-3982 Yes! Of course! <em>I knew that,</em> he said, hastily stuffing money into a sack out of sight of the IRS. Yes! Of course! I knew that, he said, hastily stuffing money into a sack out of sight of the IRS.

]]> By: Milena Thomas http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/2009/01/09/donations-to-the-arts-are-not-elitist/#comment-3970 Milena Thomas Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:58:41 +0000 http://www.kera.org/blogs/culture/?p=2422#comment-3970 I think the statistic in reference compares percentage of income, not dollars, which is an appropriate metric for the measurement. Speaking hypothetically, if "conservatives" donate 6% of income on average, whereas "liberals" donate 4% of income, the dollar value is inconsequential. So if a conservative who earns $30,000 a year donates $1,800, and a liberal who earns $1 million a year donates $40,000, on a percentage basis, the conservative is more generous when looking at the overall ability to contribute. I think the statistic in reference compares percentage of income, not dollars, which is an appropriate metric for the measurement.

Speaking hypothetically, if “conservatives” donate 6% of income on average, whereas “liberals” donate 4% of income, the dollar value is inconsequential.

So if a conservative who earns $30,000 a year donates $1,800, and a liberal who earns $1 million a year donates $40,000, on a percentage basis, the conservative is more generous when looking at the overall ability to contribute.

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