If these figures are correct, it’s proof Obama is the biggest hypocrite alive. He preaches huge re-distributionist policies he wants to hold US accountable for; but acts only in his own self interests when it comes to his OWN paycheck. If this is true, it is truly unconscionable…
Looking at Obama’s charitable giving in since 2000 based on his tax returns, we find that Obama consistently refused to follow his own advice
As the chart below shows (HT: TaxProf Blog), from 2000-2004, Obama’s charitable giving was less than 1 percent:
In fact, Obama gave substantially less than the average family making more than $150,000, which averages giving of 2.2 percent of total income according to University of George Professor Russell James.
By comparison, John McCain gave more than one-quarter of his income in 2006 and 2007 (28.6 and 27.3 percent respectively). And according to the New York Observer, since 1998, he has donated royalties on his books totaling more than $1.8 million.American Thinker Blog: Obama Forgot to Spread His Own Wealth.
