Mark Perry reports:
Even though the Palins ($294,000) earned only about half the income of the Bidens ($569,000) in 2006 and 2007 combined, the Palins gave almost 6 times as much to charity ($8,205) in those two years as the Bidens ($1,375).
Hat tip: Greg Mankiw
If you subtract Girl Scout cookies and the $4 Biden tipped a bum (forgive me, a down trodden, vicitim of white, capitalist oppression) at the train station, the Bidens only gave $371.
UPDATE: A commenter posts that this item is incorrect because the Palins only donated $825.
That is partly correct. The Palins donated $825 in noncash/ check charitable contributions in 2007. In 2006, they made $630 in noncash/check charitable contributions. When added to their $2,500 cash/ check charitable contributions in 2007 and $4,250 in 2006, the grand total of the Palins charitable contributions for 2006 and 2007 was $8,205.
The devil is in the details.
Source:
http://www.johnmccain.com/palinfinancial/
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