Is the US more charitable then other countries ?

Among the rightwacks, it is accepted that the US is more charitable then any other country (we give more dollars per capita to charity). And, our charity is morally superior; whereas other countrys give charity only under gov’t compulsion (taxes) we give charity voluntarily, to private organizations.
I would say this argument is ass backwards, as follows:


1) we should measure charity by results, not dollars. E.g., in the Jewish tradition, helping widows and orphans is the highest form of charity. Thus, we should rank countrys by some scale such as childhood hunger, childhood medical care, etc.
a. by this scale, I would bet that the us does not do well; we all know that our childhood mortality rate is terrible

2) It seems to me that recognizing charity as an obligation, and meeting this obligation in a manner that ensures compliance – by paying high taxes – is morally superior to meeting this obligation in a voluntary manner by making donations to private groups.

3) In the Jewish tradition, anonymous charity is morally superior to non anonymous charity; hence paying taxes to support the social safety net is morally superior to giving money to a charity that recognizes you (the charity in things like “walks” where one solicits money from friends and family to get paid so much per mile walked is particularly offensive to the jewish tradition)

4) What do the dollars given in the US go for ? In many cases, “charity” is not charity, but the wealthy taking care of themselves with tax avoidance mechanisms, or Veblin style consumption, eg, look at salarys in the”non profit sector:
a. The Ford Foundation, which is one-third the size of the Gates Foundation in assets, paid its president, Luis A. Ubinas, $718,084, and vice president, Linda Strumpf, $1,113,590.
b. James Mongan, chief executive of Partners HealthCare System in Boston, with compensation of $2.7 million in 2008, a 99 percent increase over his 2007 pay.
c. Glenn Lowry, director of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, with compensation of $2.1 million in 2008, more than twice his 2007 pay, plus a housing allowance worth $336,000.


Source
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thebusinessofgiving/2009959059_gates_foundation_pays.html