Sounds a little defensive, no?

The Obamas and the Bidens released their tax returns on Wednesday, and the Obamas noted that they donated "$172,050 – or about 6.5% of their adjusted gross income – to 37 different charities," with their largest contributions going to CARE and the United Negro College Fund, which non-profits, it appears, got $25,000 each from them. Good for the First Family, I must say.

How did Pluggy Joe and his wife fare in the generosity comparison? Um, not so well. But they can explain...

Today, the Vice President and Dr. Jill Biden released their 2008 federal and state income tax returns. He and Dr. Biden filed their income tax returns jointly and reported an adjusted gross income of $269,256 and an after-tax income of $183,315. The family’s primary sources of income were salaries from the United States Senate, Widener University, Delaware Technical & Community College, as well as royalties from the audio rights to the Vice President’s book. The Bidens paid $46,952 in federal income taxes; $11,164 in Delaware state income taxes; and donated $1,885 to charity. The charitable donations claimed by the Bidens on their tax returns are not the sum of their annual contributions to charity. They donate to their church, and they contribute to their favorite causes with their time, as well as their checkbooks.

Well, I guess paying taxes really is a super-patriotic thing, seeing as how they didn't claim any of their donations to their church or their time. Yeah.

Oh, and though I was told there would be no math on this blog, I divided the Bidens' adjusted gross income of $269,256 by the $1,885 they gave to charity (minus the unknown amount they donated in terms of their "time" and the church collection plate) and found a figure of...well, I haven't had to do much math since high school, but that looks like less than one percent to me.

But, then again, who needs to give to charities anymore?  Big Daddy Barack is gonna provide everything from now on, right?

UNICORNS!!!

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