All this gushing and "aaahing" about RMoney's very generous $$$ to "charity".

[PearliePoo2]

Found this on Yahoo:

"The Romneys' tax bill could have been lower. They gave $2.6 million in cash to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the documents show. They gave just over $2 million in non-cash charitable contributions — including donations of stock holdings in Domino's Pizza, Dunkin Donuts and Warner Chilcott — to a family trust."

Just as I expected....kept their so-called charity "in church" and in family.

[2pooped2pop]

1. church and family is not the same as charity

not when you are fucking rich anyway.

[rfranklin]

2. Its always a tax scam with these rich folks...

The family trust is probably tasked with taking care of the children of former Mormon governors of Massachussets.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Rmoney gives to himself and calls it charity

What's next... The Refalca Foundation ??

Rmoney's giving always looked to be very self-serving.
And Rmoney never makes an investment without
expecting to make a big profit.

[jberryhill]

5. Charity begins at home

[Ilsa]

4. Giving more money to your already rich kids

Isn't much in the way of charity.

I guess the LDS church might have some public charity work, but I'm not familiar with it, other than the food pantries, which usually requires you to have a church member sponsor you.

[PearliePoo2]

6. Those stock holdings...are those companies LDS owned?

Seems like the Mormon church is more corporation than church.

[justiceischeap]

10. Brief Google searches would indicate that they all are, yes. nt

[Drahthaardogs]

7. It is sure not the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

It is more like the Latterday Saints and Romney Family Trust Foundation.

[ibegurpard]

8. tithing isn't charity

[spanone]

9. its a tax deduction, nothing more