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    "href": "/post/2012/09/21/mitt-romney-30-to-charity/",
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    "title": "Mitt Romney: 30% to Charity",
    "author": "pmjones",
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    "created": "2012-09-21 22:59:13 UTC",
    "updated": [
        "2012-09-21 22:59:13 UTC"
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    "html": "<blockquote>\n<p>This past year, he gave\u00c2\u00a0$4,020,772 of his\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0$13,696,951 in\u00c2\u00a0(\u00e2\u0080\u009cmostly investment\u00e2\u0080\u009d) income to charity. \u00c2\u00a0That\u00e2\u0080\u0099s 29.65%. \u00c2\u00a0Interestingly, \u00e2\u0080\u009cThe Romneys [only] claimed a deduction for $2.25 million of those charitable contributions.\u00e2\u0080\u009d</p>\n<p>Romney also provided details on his past 20 years of tax returns, indicating that he paid taxes in each of those years. \u00c2\u00a0Do wonder if Harry Reid will now apologize for slurring the good man from Massachusetts. \u00c2\u00a0And \u00e2\u0080\u009cOver the entire 20-year period, the Romneys gave to charity an average of 13.45% of their adjusted gross income.\u00e2\u0080\u009d</p>\n<p>By contrast in the ten years prior to his nomination to be the Democratic candidate for Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden gave 0.15% of his income to charity. \u00c2\u00a0(UPDATE: \u00c2\u00a0For comparison purposes, in the 20 years prior to his current bid for the White House, Mitt Romney gave ninety times as much of his income to charitable institutions as did Joe Biden in the 10 years prior to his nomination as the Democratic candidate for Vice President.)</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>via <em><a href=\"http://www.gaypatriot.net/2012/09/21/tax-returns-show-mitt-romneys-empathy/\">GayPatriot \u00c2\u00bb Tax returns show Mitt Romney\u00e2\u0080\u0099s empathy</a></em>.</p>\n"
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