The returns of Cruz and his wife, released over the weekend,
show an adjusted gross income in 2009 and 2010 of more than $3.5 million.
They (donate) about 1 percent of that figure — $28,000 — to charity.
Wow that’s Clintonesque.
Does that include church tithes?
Not bad, in my opinion.
That is what they take a deduction for on their taxes - there is no way to know if that is all they give. Many people do not deduct tithes or gifts to the church off their taxes.
Tax filings of the Donald J. Trump foundation show Trump has made no charitable contributions to his own namesake nonprofit since 2008. Without an endowment, the fund has continued to give grants only as a result of contributions from others.
....Pressed by the AP on the details of his contributions, Trump campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks provided a partial list of donations that appeared to correspond with the foundation's gifts — indicating that Trump may be counting other people's charitable giving as his own.
"I give to hundreds of charities and people in need of help," Trump said in an emailed response to questions from the AP about how he tallied his own philanthropy. "It is one of the things I most like doing and one of the great reasons to have made a lot of money." The Trump campaign did not respond to a request that it identify donations that Trump himself gave.