Shame On Biden--He's A Skinflint

For all his puffery, Joe Biden shows that his real attitude when the camera is not on, like when he files his tax returns.  The galling omission is the low amount of contributions to charity, less than 1.5% of his income. That means is he was a normal worker, he would have contributed less than $1000 toward a charity. That is abaismal.

However, Biden makes us really upset when we see that in 1999, he gave a paltry $120! No wonder he thinks getting rid of charitable deductions is no big deal! If you want to read the entire report it is at: http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-09-12-biden-financial_N.htm

Obviously, this year he is giving more but it seems to be a Democratic trait not to give to charity.  Study after study has shown that Republicans and Conservatives give more to charities than do Democrats and Liberals/Progressives.  It must be that they believe that government will take care of us and that they are unwilling to part with any of their money.

We have a President and Vice President who have increased their contributions over the past years. Is this part of being hammered by the press or have they become charitable? We would bet on the former.

What is your opinion?

Conservative Tom

WASHINGTON (AP) — For Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, this year's tax return looks almost identical to last year's.

Returns for 2011 released by the White House show the Bidens paid $87,900 in federal taxes on adjusted gross income of $379,035. Their income was $143 below their 2010 return, but their tax bill was $1,274 higher. In both cases, the effective tax rate was just over 23 percent.

On the latest return, the Bidens listed $5,540 in donations to charity.

Most of the couple's income came from the vice president's salary of $225,521 and Mrs. Biden's wages of just over $82,000 for teaching at Northern Virginia Community College.