There's been some contentious debate about who has
more
largess, progressive liberals or conservatives. Recent
polls
seem to point pretty squarely to one group but I'm not
going to say who because that's not the point.
Once a year, have a tv marathon featuring left vs right
to
see who
can raise more money for charity. Have a stage,
performers, a master of ceremonies all in front of a
massive lit up sign with illuminated bar graphs showing
which group has given more. The liberal and
conservative side would each have different numbers for
donors to call and pledge money.
The MC would goad the group that was presently behind
to
give more, taunting them and saying things like "Well,
looks like the kind loving humanitarian liberals have
given
5 million more. Looks like you conservative guys
needed
to save your money to buy new croquet hoops this year
eh?
That's ok, let the poor eat dogfood, those hoops are
gonna
shine!" Then if the conservatives pull ahead, the same
guy
says "Well well well, it's nice to talk about how generous
you are at your little elitist cocktail parties but when it's
time to really give I guess you'd rather spend your money
by going to the local shaman to get your chakras re-
aligned eh? Screw the poor if it means spending your own
money right?"
I understand that most sane people don't identify 100%
with either side but like rooting for the Super Bowl team
that's not from your city this year, "Who do you like a
little
better?"
In the end, charity benefits.
As a libertarian who thinks both sides are nuts, I'd love to
be the MC for this thing.