The Obamas Made $400,000+ Last Year — Guess How Much They Gave to Charity?

by Sierra Marlee | April 18, 2016 1:58 pm

Everybody and their donkey has been releasing their tax returns, and this includes the Obama family[1].

Once you see how much they gave to charity, after spending most of their time in the White House talking about fairness and giving up slices of pie, you’re going to shoot blood out of your eyes.

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From Conservative Tribune:

The president and his wife released their 2015 tax returns on Friday, and while the $64,000 the Obamas gave to charity seemed like a lot at first glance, a closer inspection revealed that it was just a speck in the dust.

TheBlaze[3] reported that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama earned a bit over $436,000 in 2015 and spent about 15 percent of it on charity.

Of the $64,000 donated to charity, $9,000 went to a wounded veterans organization, while $5,000 went to the Beau Biden Foundation and $5,000 went to Sidwell Friends School, which their daughters attend.

What the tax returns failed to mention, however, was the at least $3 million in taxpayer money[4] that the Obamas wasted in 2015 going on lavish vacations in Palm Springs, New York City and Martha’s Vineyard, to name a few.

If you count the $3 million as income, then the Obamas’ effective charity rate drops from 16 percent to just 1.8 percent. Does that sound generous to you? I think not.

Granted, former President George W. Bush took more vacations than Obama, but his vacations reportedly cost far less[5], as he preferred humble simplicity to loud luxury.

Moreover, the Obamas paid only $81,500 in federal income taxes, giving them an effective tax rate of 18.7 percent. For people who kvetch so incessantly about the alleged need for the rich to pay their “fair share[6],” the Obamas seem awfully content using devious methods to keep their own tax rate low.

The hypocrisy is real.

Endnotes:
  1. Obama family: http://conservativetribune.com/amount-obamas-gave/
  2. [Image]: https://rightwingnews1.wpenginepowered.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Screenshot-2016-04-18-at-12.38.11-PM.png
  3. TheBlaze: http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2016/04/16/out-of-the-436065-the-obamas-made-in-2015-heres-how-much-they-donated-to-charity/
  4. $3 million in taxpayer money: http://conservativetribune.com/final-bill-obamas-vacations/
  5. cost far less: http://conservativetribune.com/obama-vacationed-more/
  6. fair share: http://conservativetribune.com/how-taxes-work-for-the-rich/

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