Romney Gave 15% to Charity, Obama 1%, Biden $369

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romney-obamaDemocratic 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.

The Obamas increased the amount they gave to charity when their income rose in 2005 and 2006 after the Illinois senator published a bestselling book. The $137,622 they gave over those two years amounted to more than 5 percent of their $2.6 million income.

USA Today broke it down. In 2007, the Obamas gave more than $240,000 to charity, about 5.7 percent of their income. The Bidens gave an average of $369 to charity a year for the decade before he moved to the Naval Observatory – about 0.3 percent of their income. Back in 1997, then veep Al Gore and his then wife Tipper gave $353.

Since becoming veep, Biden hasn’t become much more generous. In 2010, he gave $5,350, about 1.4 percent of income. That same year, Romney gave some $3 million. The national average is about three percent.

{Harnden Blog/Fox News/Matzav.com Newscenter}


5 COMMENTS

  1. Let’s hope the mainstream media report this, too…

    In essence, Romney gives away 30% of his income – 15% to tax (SMART!!!) and 15% to charity. Americans should LEARN from him.

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