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Originally Posted by David Atkatz
He donated half a million dollars. Out of what? I'm sure he earned at least $25 million in 2010. He gave a whopping 2.0%.
For comparison, President Obama just released his 2011 tax form. He donated $172,000 out of an adjusted gross of almost $790,000. That's 21.8%, more than ten times Jeter's rate.
And Obama will shake your hand for free.
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I thought we were arguing about greedy athletes. If you want to open the discussion to what percentage of a person's adjusted gross income he should donate to charity, then be my guest. But I am having trouble keeping up with the numbers about which I am so bad at.
But if we're going to change topics, what percentage of a person's adjusted gross income should he donate? All I know according to your expectations of a good person is that 2% makes you a greedy bastard.
I think it is obscene for you to have an autographed baseball of Babe Ruth. You should sell it for less than it is worth and donate 2% of the proceeds to saving the whales in the South Pacific:
http://www.seashepherd.org/