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Barack Obama and uncharitableness (view source)
Revision as of 16:29, August 26, 2009
, 16:29, August 26, 2009repeats a fact given in the previous sentence--CP should be concise.
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>
'''[[Barack Obama]]''' only started making substantial donations to charity when he became a public figure. From 2000 through 2004, before being elected to the [[United States Senate]], Obama gave less than 2% of his earnings to charity even though he made $250,000 a year (In the two previous years, Obama gave less than 1% of his income to charity). Since becoming a national figure, that amount has jumped to about 6%.<ref>http://patterico.com/2008/10/31/obama-and-bidens-charitable-giving-they-dont-want-to-spread-their-own-wealth-around/</ref>
Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years of 2000 to 2006 when he was earning about $250,000 per year:
Below is Obama's charitable giving expressed as percentage of his income for the years 2000 to 2006:
*2000: 0.9%
*2000: 0.9%