Liberal Mind- Part II

In the last post we looked at VP Biden's gifts to charities to see if his money matched up with his mouth. Clearly it didn't. Now, let's see if his boss, President Obama, fares any better.

See Obama's giving link here; http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2008/03/obama-releases.html

As the summary shows, as the Obama's were making over $20,000 per month in income...they couldn't quite manage to give away a few hundred bucks per month. In other words, they were some of the best paid liberals in the country and they didn't deem food shelves, church, starving children, 9/11 disaster relief, disabled vets, or even the humane society...as causes worthy of giving a few dollars per day to support.

Now, in fairness, you can see that in 2005 Mr. Obama had significantly more income as he evidently signed a book deal and receieved some sort of signing bonus...and he did ramp up his giving over the past few years...but the cynical side of me wonders if that's about the time he knew he would be running for President and his tax returns would be made public?

On the other hand, Obama's less than perfect predessessor, George Bush, seemed to back up his talk of being a "compassionate conservative" with his pocketbook.

President and Mrs. George W. Bush certainly did their part. According to their 2005 tax return the Bushes had taxable income of $618,694 and contributed $75,560 to charitable organizations that included the American Red Cross (Hurricane 2005 Relief), the Salvation Army (Hurricane 2005 Relief), the Salvation Army (Pakistan Earthquake Relief), Martha’s Table, the Archdiocese of New Orleans Catholic Charities, the Mississippi Food Network, and the Federal Government’s Combined Federal Campaign.

It kind of makes one wonder...who do you trust more??...someone who says one thing but does the opposite....or someone who says one thing and actually follows through with it.