[themacguffinman]

That must be why citizens of other countries like Australia and the UK are awfully uncooperative and uncharitable, right? /s

I also hate this idea that helping the poor should be left to personal whim. "Programs that solve problems" sounds more effective and egalitarian than "people helping people" if you ask me.

[hueving]

Presumably the '/s' implies that they are very charitable. Do you have numbers that show that they were more charitable than people in the US used to be?