Ed Lasky over at American Thinker has some thoughts in these posts (1 and 2) about the charitable giving of those compassionate men heading the Democrat ticket. You gotta' check this out, remember it and pass it along. But this is rather stark for a U.S. Senator who can afford a family compound, who has one son who has been enriched by having a Senator as a father, and by having the drop-dead gorgeous wife who happens to be a Doctor. This miserly amount is all he can give as charity?
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...
I had a few minutes to also consider Barack Obama's record:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his wife Michelle gave $10,772 of the $1.2 million they earned from 2000 through 2004 to charities, or less than 1 percent, according to tax returns for those years released today by his campaign.
When he started his run for the Oval office in 2005 he notably boosted his charity giving. Looks better on the campaign trail, especially considering his paltry charitable giving before he was in the public eye. A large chunk went to Trinity United Church of Christ, home of Pastor Jeremiah Wright, Jr. Then Barack Obama's past caught up with him and his ties to Wright did not look so good, so he left the church.
He also contributed $13,107 to the Congressional Black Caucus (helps to buttress political allies), a contribution he classified as a charitable donation. Note to myself: on April 15th, see if I can have my political contributions to Republican groups classified as donations to charity...
"It is jarring that a couple earning over $200,000 per year would give as little as $2 per week to charity (Editors note: that would be the Bidens). 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...
I guess for Joe Biden charity begins (and stays) at home.
An axiom: what you hear on the campaign trail from Barack Obama and Joe Biden-compassion for the poor, standing up for the common folk-does not comport well with their own practices and principles.
What about those slumlords that Barack Obama had strong ties to and whom he sent earmarks toward -- the slumlords who left the tenants in rotting apartments? Was that charitable?
Just wondering.
