Charlie Self
"The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral
philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for
selfishness." John Kenneth Galbraith

Hi Charlie,

I'm positively not getting into any political discussion, but I thought
you might find the following interesting as it shows how the current
liberal & conservative behave before a presidential run.

From:

http://wizbangblog.com/archives/003628.php

Lou

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Kerry's returns from 1995 and earlier, before his marriage to Heinz,
have sometimes attracted criticism over the issue of charitable giving.

In 1995, according to published reports, Kerry reported a taxable
income of $126,179, and charitable contributions of $0.
In 1994, he reported income of $127,884, and charitable donations of
$2,039.
In 1993, he reported income of $130,345, and contributions of $175.
In 1992, he reported income of $127,646, and contributions of $820.
In 1991, he reported income of $113,857, and contributions of $0.


As far as Bush is concerned, in 1991, the future president, then a
private citizen, reportedly had income of $179,591, and charitable
contributions of $28,236.
In 1992, Bush reported income of $212.313, and contributions of $31,914.
In 1993, Bush reported income of $610,772, and contributions of $31,292.
In 1994, Bush reported income of $474,937 and in 1995, income of
$419,481. Published reports at that time did not list Bush's charitable
contributions for those two years.

In 5 years John Kerry, who earned $625,911 in that period, donated
$3,034 to charity. That's .5% of his income.

In those same 5 years George Bush, who earned $1,893,091, donated
$91,442 (more likely the amount was over $150,00 if the missing years
were added). Even minus the two missing years that's 4.8% of his
income.

If you assume that Bush's donations were actually $150,000 (probably a
low estimate) over the five years, he would have donated 7.9% of his
income to charity.

It seems that Senator Kerry should be the last person to talk about the
Good Samaritans.

To his credit once Kerry married money he started giving to charity on
a level comparable to what George Bush had been doing for years.
Remember to thank Teresa for getting Kerry started down the charitable
contribution path...