http://twitter.com/#!/Toure/status/371376269218562048

When it comes to misinformation, MSNBC’s Touré is a giver. Today he’s on about red states and blue states, and how blue states are the givers. We wouldn’t necessarily call paying taxes “giving,” and Touré’s followers aren’t ready to concede that conservatives are doing all the taking.

http://twitter.com/#!/Matthops82/status/371376694474452992
http://twitter.com/#!/Toure/status/371378010756505601
http://twitter.com/#!/DaveDenomie/status/371381158023413761

But, numbers! Never mind what a certain former senator said about there being no such thing as a liberal America and a conservative America; there are now Republican states.

http://twitter.com/#!/TheDIG616/status/371379271358775296
http://twitter.com/#!/TheDIG616/status/371380399672676352
http://twitter.com/#!/Toure/status/371380649271111680

You know what else some people say wasn’t an accident, right?

http://twitter.com/#!/Toure/status/371384060246884352
http://twitter.com/#!/GregCrawford/status/371387788387966976

That’s not fair; everyone knows the Republicans running Detroit drove their city into bankruptcy.

http://twitter.com/#!/BrettHamlin/status/371381556176101376

Touré stopped making sense quite a while ago. Maybe it would make more sense to look at individuals and actual giving, not redistribution through taxation. Professor Arthur C. Brooks “assumed that the people who are most vociferous about socioeconomic inequality would give the most to alleviate it,” but proved his theory wrong through an extensive study that inspired his 2006 book, “Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism.” As Barbara J. Elliot explained:

Conservative households donate 30 percent more money to charity than liberal households, and they are more likely to volunteer as well. Why the difference? Brooks found that liberals view government redistribution as a “form of charity,” which they believe exonerates them from further giving. But it clearly is not the same thing. Charity is voluntary and taxation is not.

So, maybe it’s time to slash taxes, cut off the “takers” and see who complains.

http://twitter.com/#!/my2guns/status/371419098959196160
http://twitter.com/#!/misteratlanta/status/371429308742381568

Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/08/24/toure-breaks-down-americas-givers-and-takers-ignores-actual-giving/