Santorum's tax returns

[Three and Done]

Very interesting article at news.yahoo.com/santorums-tax-returns-show-rise-wealth-030829446.html

Ol' Frothy released his tax returns, and gee, look - he's a millionaire. A millionaire with free medical insurance.

Hypocrite, much?

[PokaDot]

Yup, he's just another political 1%er who doesn't give a shit about the middle class....or anyone else for that matter (if his iPad comment didn't prove that, I don't know what does)

[silverspoons]

I didn't look at the returns but my husband did. He said Rick gave less then 2% to church/charity. Isn't 10% the norm for most christians per the Bible? Mitt was attacked for giving more then 10% to charity/church. I would rather see someone give too much then not enough(they both can afford it & they both say the are devout to faiths that require 10%).

Mitt also took no salary and benefits as governor and said he would take no salary or benefits as president. I'm sure Rick would cash his check and use his benefits if he were elected.

[Witsec7]

Frothy made at least 400k from Universal Health Services, a hospital mgmt. company while he was trying to shoot down healthcare reform.

[valsa]

Frothy made at least 400k from Universal Health Services, a hospital mgmt. company while he was trying to shoot down healthcare reform.

But it's Obama's secret Muslim-socialist-communist motivations we have to worry about :roll:

[chiccy]

I'm pretty surprised that Rick Santorum doesn't tithe. Even Emily's family (Under1000PerMonth) tithed. I guess I should stop being so shocked at this kind of hypocrisy as it seems to be everywhere within the world we discuss.

Not that I'm going to vote for him, but I'm liking Mitt Romney more and more.

[Rosie]

I'm pretty surprised that Rick Santorum doesn't tithe. Even Emily's family (Under1000PerMonth) tithed. I guess I should stop being so shocked at this kind of hypocrisy as it seems to be everywhere within the world we discuss.

Not that I'm going to vote for him, but I'm liking Mitt Romney more and more.

Tithing is in general a Protestant practice. I am a cradle Catholic and grew up attending weekly Mass, etc., but never once heard of the concept of tithing. Giving, from a Catholic point of view, entails donating one's time, talent and treasure - from each according to his means. I had never heard of monetary giving expressed as a percentage of one's income until I started attending a Protestant church.

Heaven help me, I'm defending Rick Santorum. :o

[chiccy]

Tithing is in general a Protestant practice. I am a cradle Catholic and grew up attending weekly Mass, etc., but never once heard of the concept of tithing. Giving, from a Catholic point of view, entails donating one's time, talent and treasure - from each according to his means. I had never heard of monetary giving expressed as a percentage of one's income until I started attending a Protestant church.

Heaven help me, I'm defending Rick Santorum. :o

Interesting; I didn't know that. (I also forgot that RS was Catholic because he acts so damn evangelical.) Where does the Catholic church get its money, then?

[dawn9476]

I wish I could feel sorry that he made way less than Romney but paid more taxes but I can't because he wants to make the tax system even more unfair.

[Spider Burps]

Interesting; I didn't know that. (I also forgot that RS was Catholic because he acts so damn evangelical.) Where does the Catholic church get its money, then?

I always remember people giving money in the collection basket when my grandparents would drag me to Catholic church when I was a child. A lot of people wrote fairly large checks (my grandparents' was $200 for the normal Sunday service), so that seems to be a form of tithing, right? Perhaps it varies from church to church?

[Visionoyahweh]

Tithing is in general a Protestant practice. I am a cradle Catholic and grew up attending weekly Mass, etc., but never once heard of the concept of tithing. Giving, from a Catholic point of view, entails donating one's time, talent and treasure - from each according to his means. I had never heard of monetary giving expressed as a percentage of one's income until I started attending a Protestant church.

Growing up Southern Baptist, I always heard Catholics were basically denied services like last rites, funerals, etc if the church didn't get a certain amount of the person's cash. I figured it was misunderstood BS, but the are protestants who think that way.

[Caxpax]

I think it depends on the church you attend if you are RC. A co-worker of mine comes from a devout RC family and her dad is a deacon in their church. They live in a wealthy suburb of Baltimore, and he is in charge of the collection plates. They have a Armored truck come and take the weekly collection, that's how much money they rake in.

Is tithing how evangelicals/Christians/conservative considered to be more generous than liberals? My in-laws give well over 10% of their income to their church and church-related groups, but to be honest I have a hard time viewing that as true charitable giving. They do give to non-church related charities but not nearly as much as the Christian groups. I bet if you took away the religious tithing most conservatives give very little time/money to "charity". Just a guess.....

[bananacat]

Yup, he's just another political 1%er who doesn't give a shit about the middle class....or anyone else for that matter (if his iPad comment didn't prove that, I don't know what does)

That iPad comment was just so incredibly stupid. Apparently Santorum failed basic math in elementary school. An iPad costs about $500. When I was on COBRA, as a single person with no dependents and starting with reasonably good insurance from my employer, I paid $375 a month to stay covered. So the cost of an iPad would have covered me, the best case scenario, for less than two months. For anyone with a spouse or family, or anyone who has to find insurance on the open market with all that entails, it wouldn't cover a single month. Maybe it would cover a week's worth of insurance. So basically families just need to refrain from buying an iPad every week and they will be fine. But Santorum is so stuck in his little bubble of privilege that he has no idea how expensive health insurance can be.