Vice President Biden Eschews Charitable Giving Per Tax Return

[Just Win]

Joe Biden Can't Count

President Obama earned big money last year and gave more than most to charity, but his second in command was a bit tight-fisted when it came to digging in his own pocket for donations.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and his wife, Jill, earned $333,000 in 2009, and gave $4,820 -- 1.44 percent -- of that to charity in cash or in-kind donations, according to their newly released tax forms.

Estimates by charitable organizations show that most givers donate between 3 and 5 percent of their income.

Mr. Obama and first lady Michelle Obama exceeded that range. The first couple gave 5.9 percent -- or $329,000 -- of their $5.5 million of income to charity in 2009.

The Obamas' largest contributions to charity were $50,000 to CARE, a poverty-based organization, and the United Negro College Fund. Mr. Obama also donated his $1.4 million Nobel Prize money, which he gave to 10 charities.

The president's books, "Dreams From My Father" and "The Audacity of Hope," generated the majority of the Obamas' income.

The first couple paid nearly $1.8 million in federal income tax and $163,303 in Illinois income taxes.

The Bidens paid $71,147 in federal income taxes, $12,420 in Delaware income taxes and $1,477 in Virginia income taxes.

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[GRAY]

how a community organizer can become a zillionaire is beyond me. also, great giving spirit both he and biden have. lmao.

[NCVol]

It is easier to be born into it and have daddy buy your way to success, like with W. 

But it's true, this is one area where the "conservatives" generally live up to their rhetoric.  Kudos to them for that. 

[GRAY]

Bush actually worked in the private sector.
Obama has never had a private sector gig in his life. 

[The One Man Gang]

Why should Sleazy Joe give away his own money when he and his Senate a**hole buddies can throw ours in a wild hog's a**?

[NCVol]

Bush actually worked in the private sector.
Obama has never had a private sector gig in his life. 

Yeah, he did work, and his oil bidness failed and was bailed out by the Saudis.  After that he got a sweet deal "investing" in a sports franchise subsidized by taxpayers that made him wealthy, which is nice, and I think MIGHT have had something to do with daddy being rich and famous, but I don't know, it could be that ALL the cowboys who don't like horses and went to prep boarding school in the NE and were Skull and Bones members at Yale got a chance to buy in......

BTW, Obama actually did work in the private sector as a lawyer - five years.... and a year as a financial analyst before law school...

But other than that, good point!