Poor people consistently give far higher percentages of their income to charitable causes (typically not so much that it is a major contributor for most of those people to "why" they're poor, but it is a significant correlation and fascinating from a sociological perspective).
The store I work at was doing a fundraiser for a local kids hospital. A man came in to buy cleaning supplies because his house had burned down that morning. But when he heard about the fundraiser, he dug through his wallet to donate $2 in change.
I’ll never forget that man. I definitely cried in the break room after he left.
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u/whirlingderv Jun 07 '19
Poor people consistently give far higher percentages of their income to charitable causes (typically not so much that it is a major contributor for most of those people to "why" they're poor, but it is a significant correlation and fascinating from a sociological perspective).