Bush/Cheney's 2005 Income Tax

[D-Dey]

Click for details. But the bottom line is that they are richer than most of us, Vice President Cheney is richer than President Bush, and BOTH have made charitable donations. And if you look at Bush's charitable donations, you'll find more proof that Kanye West was lying when he claimed that "George Bush doesn't care about black people."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/14/bush.taxes.ap/index.html

[Janice]

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/4/15/02358.shtml?s=ic (http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/4/15/02358.shtml?s=ic)

Dick Cheney Donates Millions to Charity

In one of the largest sums ever donated to charity by a U.S. public official, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne gave away nearly $7 million last year to help the poor and to medical research.

According to income tax information released by the White House on Friday, the Cheneys' adjusted gross income in 2005 was $8,819,006.

The sum was largely the result of Mr. Cheney's stock options from Halliburton and royalties from three books written by Mrs. Cheney.

The Cheneys gave more than three-quarters of their income - $6,869,655 - to several charities, including George Washington University's Cardiothoracic Institute and a charity for low-income high school students in the Washington, D.C. area, Capital Partners for Education.

The Cheneys' charitable generosity stands in marked contrast to that of their predecessors, whose sometimes stingy donations became a national embarassment.

In 1997 for instance, Al and Tipper Gore contributed just $353 to charity, a sum that raised eyebrows even in friendly media circles.

The Los Angeles Times noted, for instance, that the Gores' slender donation "caused some bewilderment in philanthropic circles because of the vice president's 'good guy' image as an advocate for public service and social causes."

The same year the Gores gave $353 to charity, they reported $197,729 in adjusted gross income.

[Fleet]

The same year the Gores gave $353 to charity, they reported $197,729 in adjusted gross income.
Hey, Mr. Gore... can you say the word "Cheapskate?" I knew you could. ;)

[Bobby F.]

I wonder if we can find out how much kanye west has donoted to charities.:rolleyes:

[Janice]

I wonder if we can find out how much kanye west has donoted to charities.:rolleyes:
Last I heard, the racist/race-baiter said he had to "check with his accountant" to see how much he can give. He said that at the Katrina fundraiser. The one where he made himself the story, the loser.