Who gives to charity

From the Catalog for Philanthropy and the Mississippi Sun Herald:

• Mississippi retains its title as the most giving state for the eighth consecutive year, according to the 2004 Generosity Index created by Catalogue for Philanthropy.

  Following right behind are Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama and Tennessee.

  New England residents continue to earn more and give back less, according to the annual index of charitable giving.

• Connecticut ranks first when it comes to making money, but joins New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island in falling to the very bottom of the 2004 Index.

New York state ranked highest among "Blue" states on the Generosity Index, coming in at #26. Of course, this all comes in the wake of recent hypotheses by Slate magazine and leftist thinkers that suggest the "Blue" states provide the majority of the revenue for the federal government.

This is all very confusing to me. On one hand, we're being told that those who vote Democrat are the ones who support the federal government. Since they vote Democrat, they apparently subscribe to the "War on Poverty", but in truth it's the "poor" "Red" states who are doing the majority of the charitable giving in America. I thought Republicans don't care about the poor and disadvantaged among us?

I guess charitable giving goes hand in hand with the religous brainwashing that encourages conservatives to cherish life and traditional families.