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| | If many conservatives are liberals who have been mugged by reality, Brooks, a registered independent, is, as a reviewer of his book said, a social scientist who has been mugged by data. They include these findings: | | If many conservatives are liberals who have been mugged by reality, Brooks, a registered independent, is, as a reviewer of his book said, a social scientist who has been mugged by data. They include these findings: |
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| − | -- Although liberal families' incomes average 30 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($10,600 per year vs. $227). | + | -- Although liberal families' incomes average 6 percent higher than those of conservative families, conservative-headed households give, on average, 30 percent more to charity than the average liberal-headed household ($1,600 per year vs. $1,227). |
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| | -- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>}} | | -- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood.<ref>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html</ref>}} |
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| | ==Alternative meanings of 'liberal'== | | ==Alternative meanings of 'liberal'== |
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| − | One definition of liberal is anything that is conservative since it actually base on conservative values since the early days. For example, the American Heritage Dictionary includes this definition of "liberal":<ref>Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal</ref> | + | One definition of liberal is anything that is not conservative. For example, the American Heritage Dictionary includes this definition of "liberal":<ref>Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal</ref> |
| | * Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas ... | | * Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas ... |
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