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In reply to the discussion: Romney Tax Returns Show $45 Million Income [View all]morningfog
(18,115 posts)27. Only if you accept the fallacy that tithing to the mormon church is a charity.
It is an obligation, a duty, for church members to give 10%.
Kids even pay 10% of their allowance or paper route money to the church. Members sit down for annual tithing settlements with church leaders, with their income records, to settle-up on the year.
But, yes, he paid more to his church and charities than he did in taxes. Says a lot about the tax code inequities in this country.
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The Mormons used that money to fund anti-gay initiatives all over the country.
yardwork
Jan 2012
#33
Only if you accept the fallacy that tithing to the mormon church is a charity.
morningfog
Jan 2012
#27
Apparently it was with UBS....who happened to get in big trouble for tax evasion
cbdo2007
Jan 2012
#38
Yep. And the reason is because they are ALL overpaid news readers, hired to parrot Ayn Randian type
closeupready
Jan 2012
#37
You are absolutely correct; they are lackies who are proud to haul big rocks for pharaoh
Tom Ripley
Jan 2012
#45
When you consider it's UBS in conjunction with the offshore Cayman Island accounts, it stinks
closeupready
Jan 2012
#48