On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:04:57 -0700 (PDT), DaveS wrote:

On Apr 17, 1:37*pm, "Calif Bill" wrote:
Odd thing is there are several different "Healing Waters". *Not all fly
fishing.http://www.healingwatersintl.org/is one of my wifes favored charites. *As
an aside. I make a lot less than Joe Biden, but contribute a lot more to
charity. How can a person have a taxable income of a quarter million dollars
and only give $1500 to charity. *Should disqualify him from being anybody in
charge of the public's welfare.

My tax return doesn't show what I give. Why ? I don't itemize on the
1040. And I don't ask for receipts for used ****, or the food I grow
for the food bank, or the pro bono work and pricing my lady gives to
non-profits, or the "one call for all" giving we do, or the money we
give to the school support group, or the conservation voters auctions,
or a lot of other stuff that some folks gleefully chalk up whenever
they save themselves a dump trip. And that is essentially what Biden
said.

Do you deduct the cleaning bills for your underwear when your chopper comes
under fire? Yeah, neither does Biden...

In all seriousness, while Biden seems _generally_ to be a pretty good guy (as
professional pols go...), well, let's just say one might be better off relying
on what he does rather than what he says...including Joe hisownself...

HTH,
R
....and no, I have no idea if he was being completely honest with regard to his
giving, so I cannot say that he wasn't. But I will say that I suspect that
while he probably does give some "off the record," what he implied as far as
giving was probably not an accurate reflection of his largesse.

Dave