(04-18-2019, 10:09 AM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(04-18-2019, 07:54 AM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: Poor Beto, looks like his campaign has torpedoed. Maybe if he identifies as a gay white man he may pick up some traction.

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The game of chess Trump is playing anointing Bernie and Biden as the "ones to beat" is pretty genius. This party is literally going to tear itself apart over the next year.

Beto released his and his wife's joint tax returns. The most recent was for 2017. Their charitable donations amounted to around 1/3 of 1% of their income, not exactly a tithe. Even Mrs. Malabar and I contributed more in actual dollars than he did, and we made far far less.

The average American family contributes around 2% only.  I'm willing to cut any candidate slack as long as they contribute more than the average family.
Beto claims he contributed more, but didn't report it on his income taxes because he does it for the good, not for tax deductions.  I don't believe it, and even if true, it's kind of convoluted ethically.
All that said, he's trying to unseat a candidate who hasn't shown his tax returns at all. In all likelihood, Trump only contributed to his own charity, and we know now that was a fraud.

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