Kay Bailey Hutchinson is an idiot.

[madaboutharry]

Its ok that Romney paid so little in taxes because he gives so much charity. His charitable contributions show his largess and generosity...blah,blah,blah...

The consistent "I give to charity" mantra that republicans always make when arguing about taxes is so incredible disingenuous and phony. For all their charity, there are millions in American who don't have enough food and have, until the ACA, had little hope of accessing adequate health care. America has a crumbling infrastructure and students falling behind students in other countries due to the republican theory that government is bad. These republicans make me ill.

[treestar]

1. If that were even true, Mittwit would have released the returns

My answer to that right wing meme is essentially like yours - the rich may be charitable, but never enough so to relieve any real amount of suffering. Just enough to make them feel good.

[movonne]

6. I would like to know what charities he gave to....probably most

going to the Mormon church and the followers...

[PatSeg]

13. Exactly

I think he gives over the accepted 10% to the Mormon church and that is NOT charity. The Mormon church uses its money to finance things like Prop 8 in California. They sponsor inequality and promote hate.

Charity my ass!

[arbusto_baboso]

21. Yes, less than an estimated 1% of mormon church tithes actually go to "charity"

in what is considered the traditional sense of charities. Mostly it goes to fund anti-same-sex marriage efforts, and to build a $5 billion mall in Salt lake City next to Temple Square.

The mormon churhc hierarchy denies church tithing monies were used for this purpose, but like Mitt, they won't release any records that might prove their case.

[PatSeg]

22. Well that figures

It must be a Mormon tradition to not release financial information. No wonder they're so secretive, they have a lot to hide evidently.

I can't think of any good reason for churches to be tax-exempt. It just provides a great cover for people who want to engage in both business and politics, but don't want to pay taxes.

[maddezmom]

2. how does she know, he hasn't released his returns

she is a dolt of the highest order.

[Sedona]

3. In Mitt's world Charity = LDS

NT

[Scuba]

4. When your charity turns around and helps fund your campaign it means...

... you're Mitt Romney.

[malaise]

5. +1,000

he dug a deeper hole for Willard - pathetic and insipid

[C_U_L8R]

7. Mitt's 'donations' are entirely self-serving

these rightwing 'charities' are a joke

The Heritage Foundation ? The Federalist Society?
Citizens For Limited Taxation?

$100,000 to the George Bush Library ?

[riverwalker]

8. amazing how they equate taxes=charity

Taxes pay for care of our wounded veterans, highways, bridges, clean water and air, testing food and drugs, etc., . Charity? Not so much.
If rMoney indeed paid little or no taxes, he is Reagan's fictional cadillac welfare queen, corporate style. He is the ultimate parasite getting "free stuff" that Right Wingers are always in a frenzy about. He is the monkey on the back of the middle class.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. No, charity and taxes pay for separate things.

[Lint Head]

10. With a capital I.

[shraby]

11. Wasn't Abramoff put in prison because of his "charity" work? In the republican world

the money is given to their charities then funneled back into the republican party...or into their own pockets in the form of salaries...or used to abuse children i.e. Sandusky.
Makes me gag.

[wiggs]

12. republican giving is not the same as democrats, generally. Compare Koch

to Soros. One gives mostly to political non-profits and to buildings that will bear his name in big gold letters and that his wealthy buddies will go to. The other gives to causes that help people around the world.

[struggle4progress]

14. She's stepping down. But we won't know who's facing off for her Senate seat until the 31 July runoff

[Downtown Hound]

15. Here's a question for them:

If Republicans are such giving personalities that they don't mind giving millions of dollars to charity, then why are they so fanatical about not paying taxes when that money could be used to rebuild America's ailing infrastructure, improve American's schools, help america's poor, and cure America's sick. Why could that not be viewed as both charity and patriotism?

[madaboutharry]

16. Because the truth is they couldn't care less.

The don't care about anyone but themselves. The problem we have in this country is that so many people haven't figured this out.

[maddezmom]

17. here is the video

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/jansing-and-co/48210875/#48210875

[ryan_cats]

18. Does he count his tithe as charity?

Does he count his tithe as charity?

Considering that it is required payment to stay in the church's good graces, it is not charity, more like protection money.

[Zyzafyx]

19. Idiot = Romney's Short List nt

[Arkana]

20. Bull. He gives all that money to the fucking Mormon church.

They, in turn, use it on such noble causes like Proposition 8.

Romney's a leech. He's a parasite and a boil on humanity's ass. He and all his rich goddamn friends are destroying this country because they need to make one more buck.