Charities

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Originally Posted by RI Swamp Yankee

I hate to keep butting heads with FLL but I guess my experience was quite different. It just seemed like the NH way to help your neighbor.

"The 2005 Catalogue of Philanthropy, which ranks states based on a statistical calculation called the generosity index, lists Massachusetts as the 49th most charitable state in the country, outranking only New Hampshire."

Suggest that you google "Catalogue of Philanthropy Generosity Index: New Hampshire" and take a look-see....it should be an eye opener....as New Hampshire will be #50 out of all 50 states.

Most everyone around the lake probably knows someone with an Audi sportscar, or a Lexus suv who help to prove the adage that "the richer one gets, the tighter one gets!"

According to the 50-state list from 2004 www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0923050.html which quantifies each individual state, New Hampshire has a very high "having rank", but a very low "giving rank", and has the lowest "rank relation" at a -39. ..