How Generous Are Liberal Politicians?

[NateR]

Originally Posted by VCURamFan

The problem is that we're not talking about raw numbers. We're discussing percentages of income. Whether or not I'm wealthier than you, you can still give a larger % of your income than me. Heck, if you make 20K a year & give $1,000 to charity & I make 50k a year & give the same, you're donating a much larger percentage. And it's not a difference of a few points. It's a difference of 13% & 6.5%, meaning that not only did Bush give a larger rwa number, yes, but he also gave a larger percentage. Are you going to tell me that Obama is so much poorer than Bush that he can't afford to give more?

Exactly, it's not the amount, it's the percentage.

[Play The Man]

Originally Posted by NateR

1. Yeah, giving $7 million to charity when he made $8 million that year, is just proof that he's sooooo corrupt.

Does his evil know no end?

Originally Posted by Play The Man

Does his evil know no end?

No, not at all.

What kind of POS gives away 7/8's of his income?
i mean.. wow.

haha, seriously impressed though.
I honestly just got a lot more respect for those guys

[Vizion]

Originally Posted by que

cheney can afford to give 75% of his paychecks to charities these days considering he is forever rich from his corrupt halliburton dealings, and the bush family empire has always been rich ever since prescott. bush grew up with a silver spoon in his mouth and has always been way more wealthy than obama or biden ever have been. obama and biden didn't grow up rich so of course bush and cheney have more money to throw at charities than to save

Weak