Referring to that last post...
What to make of the fact that those gifted with money (welfare) are less generous than those who have earned it (the working poor)? It's counterintuitive, isn't it? We would seem to feel less claim to that which is given to us rather than earned.
Of course it's not random as to who works and who receives welfare. The spiritual poverty that often accompanies material poverty might predict less generosity among the welfare recipients. (Although I'm also thinking of Mr. Skimpole, admittedly a fictional character dreamed up by Charles Dickens in Bleak House, who was both generous and utterly dependent on the largess of others.) It's also possible, of course, that those receiving welfare have less money to give than even the working poor.
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