http://bit.ly/ApNtK - - - 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 embarrassment. 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. - - - One day people will reflect on all that is going on, and see just how far from reality current perceptions have drifted. I doubt we'll still be "one nation, under God, indivisible," when that happens, though. Obama's racing toward one-party totalitarianism, working to undermine free speech, and bankrupting our nation as fast as he possibly can so as to force government takeover of the entire private sector, and yet most people think Dick Cheney was the threat to democracy, an enemy of the poor, etc. Fortunately Obama is doing it at such a breakneck clip that I might even be able to say "see I told you so" before I get carted off to a gulag -- oops I mean volunteer training facility -- in Alaska. - Bob _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
