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    I see Sleepy Joe has released his 2019 taxes. As in years past when he released his 1040, I looked to see the measure of the man and his wife. Devout Catholics I've been told (by him and the press). In 2019, he and his wife gave a whooping $14,700 to charity on just under a $Million dollars of income. About 1.5% of his income. One year he gave less than $1,500 to charity and almost nothing to his church. I guess he really does believe the Priests should live in poverty. As a Catholic myself, I'm ashamed of him. Pope John Paul II said you can't be a Catholic and Pro-Choice. Joe says Yes you can! Joe's an A@@hat.
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    I see Sleepy Joe has released his 2019 taxes. As in years past when he released his 1040, I looked to see the measure of the man and his wife. Devout Catholics I've been told (by him and the press). In 2019, he and his wife gave a whooping $14,700 to charity on just under a $Million dollars of income. About 1.5% of his income. One year he gave less than $1,500 to charity and almost nothing to his church. I guess he really does believe the Priests should live in poverty. As a Catholic myself, I'm ashamed of him. Pope John Paul II said you can't be a Catholic and Pro-Choice. Joe says Yes you can! Joe's an A@@hat.

    Nancy Pelosi claims she's a practicing Catholic, but she keeps pushing for more federal funding of abortion clinics.

    None of the practicing Catholics I know personally, are Pro-Choice, or for abortion. Hmmmm.......

    Simple conclusion? Biden and Pelosi are either liars, or are not Catholic!
     

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    I really dont care how much anyone pays in taxes. It's a straw man argument.

    Al Sharpton certainly wont be bitching about trumps taxes. That phucktard still owes us a couple million. I want to see the taxes of every one bitching. If they took deductions to off set liabilities they a a piece of shit hypocritical phucktard and should be bitch slapped on air.

    All I care about is if they follow the law. The numbers dont matter and it's stupid to even expect that they release them. Regardless who they are I would pat them on the back if they can follow the law and game the system to owing nothing. To get there trump had plenty of legal deductions like his entire salary as president that he donates. Good for him.

    I only care about how much they give to charity so much as it exposes hypocrisy.

    I do think the church should excommunicate every pro abortion catholic and Israel should disown every anti gun pro socialist jew and the religion should kick them out.

    If you dont like how much he paid change the law. I bet Lawmakes wont be running to do that cause they take advantage of the same laws trump does.
     

    HawkeyeSATX

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    Hmmmm!
    They doest protest too much, me thinks!
    I'm pretty sure Joe Biden has Swiss Bank accounts, and keeps a lot of money that China, and Ukraine have given him.
    Biden probably gets a cut of what Hunter, and his brother have taken in as well. All neatly stashed away on offshore accounts.
    Uncle Joe, and Pelosi like to play that they care about, and worry about the general public. But they could give a hoot about anyone but themselves.
    They're as dirty as they come.
    Nancy and her papa, the Mayor of Baltimore, syphoning off taxpayer money.
    Nancy hasn't fallen too far from the tree, with dirty tricks, and playing dirty. On top of that, she married a millionaire, to boot!
    Ah yes! Our political system has grown some winners!


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    Rich people and donations always make me laugh. The media gives Bill Gates oh-so-much love for being such a great philanthropist -- he's donated billions! Sure, he's donated, say, 20 billion, but he's still worth what? 60 billion?

    My point is that with 60 billion still in the bank, donating 20 billion is like me donating a penny. It represents nothing to me. If that penny happens to make you shout and dance and freak out, well, isn't that cute, like a puppy! You're so happy I gave you that penny...I'll pat you on the head and smile and send you on your way. Maybe I'll give you another penny some other time because your reaction made me feel so good!

    Now imagine a single mom. She's busting her arse trying to make ends meet, and she puts a dollar in the plate on Sunday at church. That woman felt that dollar. She could have really used that dollar, and she showed serious charity parting with it.

    I know Bill has promised to give away pretty much everything....after he's dead. Well, at that point, he has denied the charities of the planet tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars for years (if not decades) that they sorely needed, all so he could sit on a hoard of wealth? What was the point in denying those charities all that money for so long? Millions of lives could have been saved, and Bill could still have lived like a King, it would have meant nothing to him. And hey, we don't even know if he'll keep his promise.

    So rich people are full of it when it comes to charity, I don't care who you're talking about.

    As for taxes -- should Trump have paid them? I don't know. Trump was born into a super rich family -- does anyone seriously believe he has ever seen a tax return in his life? He hires professionals to do his taxes, and accountants and lawyers and whatever. I'm sure he chooses the professionals who tell him they can save him money over the other professionals, who wouldn't? But he has no idea what's going on with his taxes any more than he has any idea what's going on with his laundry.
     

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    Now imagine a single mom. She's busting her arse trying to make ends meet, and she puts a dollar in the plate on Sunday at church. That woman felt that dollar. She could have really used that dollar, and she showed serious charity parting with it.

    The widow's mite.
     

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    Studies have shown that liberals, for all their bleeding hearts, do far less charitable giving than conservatives.
     

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    Two facts are for sure, Biden has an accountant that does his taxes and Trump has an accountant that does his taxes. If he is like me he just signs the damn form just like I do and writes a check to the accountant. Neither of us knows what the hell we signed.
     

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    Rich people and donations always make me laugh. The media gives Bill Gates oh-so-much love for being such a great philanthropist -- he's donated billions! Sure, he's donated, say, 20 billion, but he's still worth what? 60 billion?

    My point is that with 60 billion still in the bank, donating 20 billion is like me donating a penny. It represents nothing to me. If that penny happens to make you shout and dance and freak out, well, isn't that cute, like a puppy! You're so happy I gave you that penny...I'll pat you on the head and smile and send you on your way. Maybe I'll give you another penny some other time because your reaction made me feel so good!

    Now imagine a single mom. She's busting her arse trying to make ends meet, and she puts a dollar in the plate on Sunday at church. That woman felt that dollar. She could have really used that dollar, and she showed serious charity parting with it.

    I know Bill has promised to give away pretty much everything....after he's dead. Well, at that point, he has denied the charities of the planet tens (if not hundreds) of billions of dollars for years (if not decades) that they sorely needed, all so he could sit on a hoard of wealth? What was the point in denying those charities all that money for so long? Millions of lives could have been saved, and Bill could still have lived like a King, it would have meant nothing to him. And hey, we don't even know if he'll keep his promise.

    So rich people are full of it when it comes to charity, I don't care who you're talking about.

    As for taxes -- should Trump have paid them? I don't know. Trump was born into a super rich family -- does anyone seriously believe he has ever seen a tax return in his life? He hires professionals to do his taxes, and accountants and lawyers and whatever. I'm sure he chooses the professionals who tell him they can save him money over the other professionals, who wouldn't? But he has no idea what's going on with his taxes any more than he has any idea what's going on with his laundry.
    Rich people donate money? Rich people lower their income to pay less taxes by donating money to so called charity. The American public are donating the money because they have to make up the tax shortfall. My local hospital always wants me to donate to them (they have over $60 million in the banks) and then they donate to local charities that I don't necessarily care for.
    Almost all of Bill Gate's charities are overseas which means my tax dollars may help starving kids in Africa but don't help starving kids in Texas.
     

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    Blessed is the giver, who does so without seeking reward for his gift.

    Many stories that were not publicly advertised, are coming to the notice of some and being told about President Trump's donations and generosity. Many times they were done in ways to not bring attention to himself. He didn't care about the recognition of his donations.
     

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    Blessed is the giver, who does so without seeking reward for his gift.

    Many stories that were not publicly advertised, are coming to the notice of some and being told about President Trump's donations and generosity. Many times they were done in ways to not bring attention to himself. He didn't care about the recognition of his donations.
    When people donate their money to a charitable thing and do it anonymously without taking a tax break that is charity. When your accountant says to donate $6 more to lower your tax bracket and save a hundred thousand that is not charity.
     

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    So rich people are full of it when it comes to charity, I don't care who you're talking about.

    Some of it comes down to how you define rich and what percentage of net worth or gross income you expect to be donated to charity.

    As for taxes -- should Trump have paid them? I don't know. Trump was born into a super rich family -- does anyone seriously believe he has ever seen a tax return in his life? He hires professionals to do his taxes, and accountants and lawyers and whatever. I'm sure he chooses the professionals who tell him they can save him money over the other professionals, who wouldn't? But he has no idea what's going on with his taxes any more than he has any idea what's going on with his laundry.

    Yes, everyone should pay taxes. In our current system everyone should pay the lowest amount possible.

    In an ideal system taxes would not be progressive or regressive. There should not be so many cut-outs for various favored groups. I'm a fan of a national flat income tax (preferred) or sales tax (distant second choice) with no deductions, rebates, etc. The law should be one page and our returns should be one page.

    I bet Trump knows a fare amount about his taxes.
     

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    When people donate their money to a charitable thing and do it anonymously without taking a tax break that is charity. When your accountant says to donate $6 more to lower your tax bracket and save a hundred thousand that is not charity.

    Taking a tax break on donations is smart. It's not dishonest nor does it negate the charitable gesture. If I'm going to give away money why wouldn't I take the tax break as well?

    I seriously doubt many people are able to save 6 figures in taxes due only to their charitable contributions. There are very, very few people who have enough money to get a 6 figure tax bill who also give away enough money to lower the tax bill by 6 figures.
     

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    Taking a tax break on donations is smart. It's not dishonest nor does it negate the charitable gesture. If I'm going to give away money why wouldn't I take the tax break as well?

    I seriously doubt many people are able to save 6 figures in taxes due only to their charitable contributions. There are very, very few people who have enough money to get a 6 figure tax bill who also give away enough money to lower the tax bill by 6 figures.
    I didn't say it isn't smart. I think it is very smart and I think that every loophole that there is in the tax code should be used. My point is that because the charitable donations lower the amount of money that the feds get it has to be made up by the rest of us and it essentially means that you and I are paying for that charity. When Tesla purchasers get a $thousands tax credit it means we are paying for their Tesla. I like to pick my own charity, and it won't be starving children in Africa while we have kids with cancer dying here.
     

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    When people donate their money to a charitable thing and do it anonymously without taking a tax break that is charity. When your accountant says to donate $6 more to lower your tax bracket and save a hundred thousand that is not charity.
    Doesn't work that way.

    Income is always better than expense (including expenses for donation).
     

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    The reason we have to make up the difference is because we have allowed the Government to mismanage our money. As far as forTrump he is providing jobs for people. Politicians on the other hand are leeches.
     
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    I've done my taxes myself and had a firm do them. It depended on the complexity. Even so, in the 49 years I've filed and paid, I was audited 3 times. Twice the IRS said it was their mistake and an audit wasn't needed, but "since I was there already lets do one". The third, my wife and I had a very good year so we gave almost $20,000 to charity. The IRS didn't believe us, so they wanted receipts for everything. Fortunately, we were able to mail them copies. They sent us a bill for $149 additional taxes because they said I double counted one donation. Wasn't worth the effort to dispute it so we paid. We never had a good year like that again.

    As an aside, I took a personal tax class in college in 1987 (late bloomer college-wise). The text book was written by 12 IRS revenue agents. The class was taught by an IRS revenue agent. I had the second highest overall class grade at completion of 59. Yep, 59. Me and one other got A's. Everyone else got B's. Goes to show you that even the "experts" are clueless.

    Just my two cents.
     
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