Biden: “Change You Can Believe In (As Long As Someone Else Pays For It)”
Jennifer Rubin wants to know: Who Vetted This Guy?
Despite income ranging from $210,432 – $321,379 over the ten-year period, the Bidens have given only $120 – $995 per year to charity, which amounts to 0.06% – 0.31% of their income. [...]
It is jarring that a couple earning over $200,000 per year would give as little as $2 per week to charity. This giving compares very unfavorably to John McCain, whose tax returns show that he gave 27.3% – 28.6% of his income to charity in 2006-2007. During the same period, the Obamas’ tax returns show that they gave 5.8% – 6.1% of their income to charity.
Perhaps the Obama-Biden campaign needs a new slogan: “Change You Can Believe In (As Long As Someone Else Pays For It)”
Update: Independent Sector reports that 89% of American households contribute to charity, with an average contribution of $1,620 — 3.1% of income.
IRS statistics reveal that the average taxpayer with AGI over $200,000 makes over $20,000 of charitable contributions.
The TaxProf Blog has this chart:
“Bbbbut, but, but, Joe voted for all those tax increases to give money to the “poor”!”
Others Reporting:
- ABC News
- Above the Law
- Associated Press
- Bloomberg
- Business Week
- MSNBC
- New York Times
- Washington Post
- NewsBusters
- memeorandum
- The Politico
- The Campaign Spot
- The Jawa Report
- www.redstate.com
September 15, 2008 - 10:07 AM on September 15th, 2008
Is he at all religious? I would think at a bare minimum he would have provided some financial support to a religious organization.
Apparently he is a person who believes in big government taking care of everyone. When you believe in big government and taxes it is easy to assume there is not a need to donate to charity. I hope his lack of charity (charitable giving) is a character flaw isolated to Senator Bidden alone and not a trend in the democratic party.
Helping the poor and the needy is best accomplished in a more meaningful personal way… not through government welfare.
September 18, 2008 - 09:53 AM on September 18th, 2008
Since Sen. Biden falls into the wealthy guidelines that he and Sen. Obama has set, he must must have heen a recipient of all these Bush tax cuts. What did he do with this money?
In 2007, I made 10 percent of what Joe Biden did. What’s truly pathetic is that I gave as much to charity as he did.
Who is out of touch with America?
September 21, 2008 - 05:59 PM on September 21st, 2008
Typical of a Democrat. Just like Scrooge refused to give money to the poor, saying “Are there no poorhouses?”, liberals figure they’ve done enough charity by paying their taxes into the socialism system.
September 22, 2008 - 08:46 AM on September 22nd, 2008
Quite some time ago I posted about a study released that shows Conservatives overall are much more generous to charities than Liberals. The Liberals that argued about it asserted in effect that they should get credit because “they care”, they “feel” for the poor. I argued that measurable charity is what counts.
It is typical for wealthy Liberals to do things that involve symbolism but little substance. It makes them feel good. Then they can go about their self-indulgent lifestyle without guilt.