Comments on: Huh

By: Kris, in New England

Kris, in New England — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 13:05:37 +0000

Now, how can you possibly overpay your taxes by $1.9 million; with the kind of wealth the Cheney’s have, you’d think their financial advisors would be more on top of things than that. That’s a big OOPS.

The whole study is interesting, especially coming from a mostly-lifelong Democrat who confesses he didn’t expect the results he got from his research.

By: Nose

Nose — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:52:27 +0000

Manlydad –

Durnit, you beat me to the punch. When I read the piece, the first thing that came to mind was Al’s generousity back in ’98. I went and found it, copied it and was ready to post…

I doubt that now that he doesn’t have to disclose, Al probably gives less – but that is OK, because he is spending so much of his own money trying to save the planet from us.

By: Fuzzilicious Thinking

Fuzzilicious Thinking — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:10:45 +0000

Liberals and Conservatives and Valour-IT…

One of the most recent commenters on this topic is Neptunus Lex, who posits that the explanation for this is the liberal attitude, “It might be a good cause, and all. Just needs OPM (Other People’s Money). I think there’s some truth to that in many …

By: Justthisguy

Justthisguy — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:26:08 +0000

I dunno about “moderately.” Didn’t Werner Voss give a very good account of himself in his last fight, against Britain’s best, while not only hungover, but, as some would have it, still a bit drunk?

He had had an interesting night, the one just before, I believe. (No girls, but talking and drinking with Tony Fokker)

By: ManlyDad

ManlyDad — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 06:00:38 +0000

OK. Maybe we can build a group of anedotes to lead to a conclusion, if not ‘prove’ a point!

Al Gore $353 to charity http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/15/gore.taxes/

Dick Cheney $6.87 million to charity http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12318056/

A pretty conservative guy, I’m somewhere between the two figures annually, but well above the national average for my income level, according to the TurboTax comparison review.

Forwhateveritsworth.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 05:25:37 +0000

While I would agree with the study from my own anecdotal experiences (yes, yes, I know what the plural of anecdote is not), I find it difficult to read credibly, given the source. Hopefully it’ll be vetted and published in a source not quite as… tilted… to one side of the debate, because I’d very much like this to be “proven” true.