Obamas Gave Less Than 1% of Their 2000-2004 Income to Charity

ABC ^ | 3/25/08 | Jake Tapper

[freespirited]

This is why politicians don't like to release their tax returns!

Bloomberg News crunches the numbers on Sen. Barack and Michelle Obama's newly-released tax returns and finds:

"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."

[freespirited]

Why is he surprised? RATS believe that charity is the job of government.

[freespirited]

Tapper has now posted this followup:

Obama Charitable Giving Part II
March 25, 2008 5:51 PM

Clearly feeling a bit stung by our earlier note that according to their 2000-2004 tax returns, Barack and Michelle Obama gave less than 1% of their income to charity, Obama campaign spox Tommy Vietor writes to note that even though their 2007 tax return is not yet ready, the Obamas "gave $240,000 to charity in 2007."

[The Forgotten Man]

typical black democrat....

[PeterPrinciple]

At least he gave cash instead of used shorts..........

[enough_idiocy]

Reminds me of Kerry in 04. I believe he gave 0 and paid taxes at the 25% bracket.

[sionnsar]

Typical libs. Compare and contrast with Ronald Reagan’s contributions.

[VOA]

Obamas Gave Less Than 1% of Their 2000-2004 Income to Charity

This is not even a news story.

Even NPR ran a segment a decade or so ago about how telephone solicitor
for charities know where kind, giving people live.
In "the South".

And that trying to get donations from folks in northern (most of
them Democratic-Mob states) is like pulling teeth.

[sionnsar]

"used shorts"?

Try "used underwear" -- and guess what diseases might be riding the cast-off underclothing of the stainmeister.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I see the Clinton tax people furiously adjusting tax forms from the last 6 years.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

You are right.

And they believe it is the government’s job to steal from taxpayers to support their favorite “non profits”....those that provide jobs for liberals who support them for office!

Government (taxpayer paid) Grants to nonprofits that contribute to their campaigns are the “charities” of choice for liberal demoniacs.

[hole_n_one]

Obama campaign spox Tommy Vietor writes to note that even though their 2007 tax return is not yet ready, the Obamas "gave $240,000 to charity in 2007."

The truer measure is what one does when one thinks no one is looking.

1%............probably all of it to that racist, America/Whitey hating so-called church of his.

[susannah59]

Exactly. Why give their money when they can be so generous with ours???

[Hodar]

Wow ... I guess his church doesn’t dwell much on the 10% tithing law (yep, Biblically speaking - this is a commandment); but instead the church focus’s on ‘hate whitey’, ‘blame whitey’ and ‘hate America’ bandwagon.

Wonder if they are an off-shoot of the Westminster Baptist Church??

[Sig Sauer P220]

Right up there with the Clintons and the Gores.

[eyedigress]

I was wondering about the Church thingy also.

[doosee]

Bush is generous. He keeps piling on the AIDS money to African potentates. But I guess since white America invented the disease to kill people of color, whats a few billion here and there. Sarcasm off now.

[Cobra64]

For a Marxist, he’s one hell of a hypocrite.

[NonValueAdded]

Yeah, pro’ly gave to his church.

[Jess Kitting]

They also paid federal taxes totaling $311,044 during the same period on their $1.2 million of income."

Well, at least as a true Christian, Obama donated $20,000 to his "church" over a period of 20 years.

Wait a minute, aren't Christians supposed to tithe 10% of their income? The Obamas were making millions, yet they only managed to pay $1,000 a year to their church. Oh, well, Reverend Wright probably gave them a pass.

[Siberian-psycho]

It wasn’t tithe or offeing, what would that be called. Selfishly dropping a buck in the plate?