You're no doubt familiar with how liberals never miss an opportunity to talk about "compassion" and rail about the wealthy "not paying their fair share" and capitalizing on class envy.
With all that caterwauling, liberals are sure to be generous people, right? Wrong. In fact, wrong, wrong. Conservatives--especially religious conservatives--give considerably more to charity, even when they make less money.
With all the railing done by Barack Obama's pastor about injustice and oppression, certainly Obama is an exception to this tendency of liberals to be tightwads.
Uh, wrong again.
From Jake Tapper at the ABC News blog, the Obamas are pretty skimpy in their charitable giving:
"The Obamas' donations to all recipients totaled $2,350 in 2000, $1,470 in 2001, $1,050 in 2002, $3,400 in 2003, and $2,500 in 2004. They also paid federal taxes totaling $311,044 during the same period on their $1.2 million of income."
Wow! I make in the 5-figures, they make in the 7-figures, yet I gave more than they did in any one of these years! I'm not tooting my own horn; there are plenty of people out there who give more freely than I do.
God asks 10%, but the Obamas gave less than 1%. They give less than one percent to their God, yet expect average Americans to give 15%, 20%, 30% or more to the "government god." What's wrong with this picture?
Liberals are pretty generous with your money, but when it comes to their own? Hmmm. Well, different story.
Oh, a subsequent post at the ABC News blog indicates the Obama's have been shamed into ramping up their giving: they're cranking out $240,000 to charity in 2007."
Why the increase in giving in 2007? Faith conviction? Or, "Gee, we're running for president and our tax returns are sure to come to light!"
You be the judge.
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