Reply #2: I think there is a reason for this

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Conservatives who give do so out of a feeling of charity, and goodwill. They may have the best of intentions, but they believe that the disadvantaged should be taken care of by way of private charity, which is dependent on the goodwill of everybody else.

Liberals believe that jobs, health care and food are basic human rights for anyone who plays by the rules, not handouts to come on the whims of the well to do. The idea of "charity" is insulting and degrading, and it belies the notion of these goods as rights.