Posted on 01/28/2016 6:10:58 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
With GOP candidate Donald Trump bowing out of tonight's Fox News debate, he's been the talk of the town. I know what you're thinking. When hasn't he been, right?
I know how you feel. You either love him or you hate him.
Well a photo is making its way around the Internet that might actually boost him just a touch with those who aren't quite ready to jump on the Trump train.
It's a picture of his personal finances and shows how much money he's given to charities over the last five years.
It's a pretty substantial amount.
(Excerpt) Read more at youngcons.com ...
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Sites that auto-run videos should have the owner taken out and shot.
One or two and common sense would prevail.
LOL!
I would rather see a list of the charities and the amounts given. We have no way of knowing whether the $102 million over the past five years has really been given to charitable organization on the front lines of if it has simply been placed into the Trump Foundation to get a charitable deduction from his income taxes with disbursements being made “at a later date”.
Holy crap. 102,000,000 million dollars. Good Lord. Sorta puts that 1 percent Cruz donates to an embarrassing level.
$1.7 billion net worth
$20 million per year donations
So ~1% of net worth to charity per year.
Just calculated and that is about the same as me, so no stones cast, but also no great humanitarian awards.
Much better than most Democrats I suppose.
“Holy crap. 102,000,000 million dollars. Good Lord. Sorta puts that 1 percent Cruz donates to an embarrassing level.”
Cruz has a direct line to Jesus, and he asks him to convey blessing onto mankind in his name.
That, my friend, is priceless.
Right. He’s donated crap, or donated to himself. He’s a businessman. He’s not into charity. Unless it personally benefits him.
ROTFLMAO. Holy cow that is good........oh so true too.
Us little peons shouldn’t even question the almighty cruzy.
“Cruz has a direct line to Jesus ...”
Are you saying that Trump doesn’t have a direct line to Jesus, then? What is it? Is Trump a Christian, or not a Christian?
Net Worth is not Net Income!!!!!!
Trump’s philanthropy is still about 1% of what Bloomberg donated...would you support Bloomberg too?
Glad he's not bragging about donating 10%!
So the additional .167% is holy crap? I’m a trump supporter but Cruise is in line here.
Tell you what though, you give me Trump's average net income over the past 5 years, and I'll tell you how my chartable contributions compare to his on that measure. I have the feeling I'll be a bit more charitable on that count. Why do you suppose it is that I posted a rather neutral statement and you responded with not one, but six exclamation marks? I find the knee-jerk, sycophant reactions an indication that I need to worry all the more about voting for Trump.
“We have no way of knowing whether the $102 million over the past five years has really been given to charitable organization...”
Nor do we know who set the valuation on those parcels he so graciously ‘donated’.
Just sayin’
There seems to be a collection of the spiritually blind and dead on this site that knows nothing about Christianity but feels compelled to attack the faith of Christians. Christians have a direct relationship to God, the Father through His Son, Jesus in whose name we pray. Betraying one’s ignorance by engaging in blasphemy against God is neither clever or prudent. Our leaders have often been men of faith, and that is a blessing to the nation.
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