Beto O'Rourke confronted at town hall about stingy charitable donations

[austingirl]

"The filings show the couple had given $1,166 to charity in 2017 despite having a combined income of $370,412, which calculates to roughly one-third of 1 percent of their income. According to The Washington Post’s James Hohmann, that places O’Rourke last among the 2020 candidates competing in the Democratic primaries."

"He went on to suggest that his attendance at that town hall, being away from his family, was itself a charitable act."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-charity-town-hall


Yes, just the presence of Robert Francis is a charitable gift to humanity.

I've noticed the messiah doesn't know how to wear a gimme cap. He puts it on the back of his head so the bill doesn't cover his kennedyesque features. He is beyond disgusting.

[Restored]

Bobby Fran is going to regret that stunt as is Bernie.

[austingirl]

The audacity of Robert Francis thinking his mere presence is an act of charity astounds me. How does someone come to that way of thinking?

[dfwgator]

Not a fan of Beto, but what he does with his money is nobody's damn business.

[Jazzhead]

Not a fan of Beto, but what he does with his money is nobody's damn business.

Agreed.   And as for charity,  the contribution of time is often more meaningful than the contribution of money.   

[skeeter]

Not a fan of Beto, but what he does with his money is nobody's damn business.

Of course that is correct, but just as republicans who preach family values get nailed in the press for having a chippy on the side, its edifying to know how rats who constantly lecture us about paying our 'fair share' are when it comes to their own dough.

[austingirl]

Not a fan of Beto, but what he does with his money is nobody's damn business.

He's the one that made his returns public.

[austingirl]

Agreed.   And as for charity,  the contribution of time is often more meaningful than the contribution of money.

So you agree with Robert Francis (gift from God) that his mere presence among us is an act of charity?   

[dfwgator]

So you agree with Robert Francis (gift from God) that his mere presence among us is an act of charity?   

Now THAT was an idiotic thing for Beto to say.

[Jazzhead]

So you agree with Robert Francis (gift from God) that his mere presence among us is an act of charity?   

No, that's ridiculous.   But folks who devote hours, weeks and even months of their time to charitable endeavors don't get to deduct a dime.   And yet charities need such service in addition to folks who write checks in order to claim a tax break.   

[austingirl]

No, that's ridiculous.   But folks who devote hours, weeks and even months of their time to charitable endeavors don't get to deduct a dime.   And yet charities need such service in addition to folks who write checks in order to claim a tax break.

That's true, but Robert Francis is not doing charitable work, he's campaigning to destroy the republic.

[Jazzhead]

That's true, but Robert Francis is not doing charitable work, he's campaigning to destroy the republic.

The charge that he's campaigning "to destroy the republic" is over-the-top,  but yes, it is certainly not charity.   

[mountaineer]

Bernie Sanders And Beto O’Rourke Give Almost Nothing To Charity
Bernie Sanders (who is now a millionaire) and his wife gave 3.4 percent of their income to charity. Beto O'Rourke and his wife gave less than 1 percent.
By Liz Wolfe   
April 16, 2019

Last night, The Washington Post reported that Beto O’Rourke released his tax returns for the past ten years. Of course, the feel-good, inevitably government-expanding presidential contender should probably have been more hesitant to release his returns because it doesn’t take much sleuthing to figure out from them that the O’Rourkes made $370,412 in 2017 while giving a measly $1,166 of that income to charity. As The Post noted, this makes Beto’s charitable giving less than one-third of 1 percent of his household income.

Other candidates who claim conservatives are the true greedy ones and deserve to be smited for their fiscal sins don’t stack up much better. Bernie Sanders and his wife gave roughly 3 percent of their astonishingly large $566,000 income to charity in 2017. ...

Kamala Harris (and her husband) made nearly $2 million in 2018, giving 1.4 percent to charity (which totals out to about $27,000); Elizabeth Warren (and her husband) made just shy of $1 million (donating an improved 5.5 percent to charity in 2018). They should, however, be thoroughly criticized for demonizing millionaires and billionaires, branding them the no good, very bad, super icky ultra-wealthy, when they are some of the wealthiest people in America. ...

Charitable giving should transcend political affiliation. It would be bad for our broader societal health if generosity were grossly weaponized to score political points, because then giving becomes more of a manipulative political ploy than it already is (to recipients, the intention behind giving probably doesn’t make a difference). ...

Read more at The Federalist

[austingirl]

The charge that he's campaigning "to destroy the republic" is over-the-top,  but yes, it is certainly not charity.

I think dismantling the Constitution is destroying the republic. He's for the Green New Gulag, against the electoral college, against borders, all things that would destroy us. Not over the top at all.

[Night Hides Not]

"He went on to suggest that his attendance at that town hall, being away from his family, was itself a charitable act."

Using that logic, military servicemembers could make the same claim when they're deployed overseas.

He's going to flame out with arrogant answers like that.

[MoMo]

in before some #never claims this is why the President won't release his tax returns.

[libertybele]

Now THAT was an idiotic thing for Beto to say.

Pretty much...he's thinking that in doing so Trump will release his.   

[Cyber Liberty]

The charge that he's campaigning "to destroy the republic" is over-the-top,  but yes, it is certainly not charity.

You have one hell of a nerve pontificating abou what's over the top, Mr. Calls-people-paranoid.

[Jazzhead]

You have one hell of a nerve pontificating abou what's over the top, Mr. Calls-people-paranoid.

That time of the month, eh?

[Hoodat]

Not a fan of Beto, but what he does with his money is nobody's damn business.

It's what he does with my money that is the problem.  Overly generous with mine, but stingy with his own.