Here's an interesting study on charitable giving. It doesn't address political affiliation, nor is it really apropos of much of what we've been discussing here. But it's interesting to note that while those making over $1,000,000 give the largest share of total charitable giving, it's those in the $300,000-$500,000 range that give the largest percentage of their income to charity. Not, contrary to what I have previously read, what I would call "middle class". The data's over a decade old now, but it's not less interesting reading.

http://www.bc.edu/content/dam/files/research_sites/cwp/pdf/Charitable.pdf

LOL! No, definitely *not* middle class. Heck, I make just over 100k and my income has been upper-middle for years, long before I reached that 6 figures.