[fhayek]

I think that what gets lost in all this Romney talk (you know, he’s a Mormon, or he’s a RINO, or whatever) is that Mitt Romney is a GOOD man. Remember the old saying, America is a great country because it is a good country. We could do worse than Mitt Romney. A hell of a lot worse.

[Ronin]

Agreed!

[livius]

Mormons are expected to tithe, especially wealthy Mormons (which is what makes the Mormon church so wealthy), and I would imagine that most of the 14% of his income given in charity is his Mormon 10%. Church giving counts as a charitable donation.

There’s nothing wrong with this, but it’s simply that this is what he is expected to do or probably even has to do to remain a Mormon in good standing. The 4% over that, considering his income, would have been a nice gift to other charities though!

[muawiyah]

Wish you hadn't brought that up because that opens the door a little bity crack to ask this big ol' question ~ of that charitable giving, with all of these guys if you want, how much of it went to the LDS church and/or its agencies as a TITHE?

Why I ask is because an old friend of mine (who is today considered a good Mormon) had it explained to him that the tithe was like an insurance policy, and if you kept up on it and paid it, and something happened, you'd get it all back ~ and you could even borrow money to do that.

Sounded like a deal, but doesn't that make tithes something different than "charity"? ~ at least when the donation is to the LDS?