On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:58:22 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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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

I would guess Biden itemizes. Seems as if the pols are very giving of other
peoples money.

FWIW, ol' Darth is extremely generous with charities (and yes, I realize he has
take full legal advantage of the tax code in doing so, but the fact remains that
they have given millions over the years).

I know what I give, and the cash part is more than Biden's.
If you don't itemize, then it does not matter.

You'll need to clarify - I don't see how itemization changes what a person gives
(or doesn't). And even if he does itemize, he may well not keep track of
everything - hell, he may put an undocumented/unreceipted $100 bill into every
Salvation Army kettle, fireman's boot, cop's helmet, etc., etc. he sees or he
may toss a quarter into a single kettle once a year. I suspect he does give a
relatively small amount each year for which he gets no receipt and takes no
deduction. But I also suspect that he's not handing out serious amounts in
either cash or merchandise "off the record."

TC,
R