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What Brown's and Warren's Tax Returns Really Show

Sword of Light Wrote: May 03, 2012 1:38 PM

Although it is natural to assume that someone who is wealthy like Brown would report all of his charitable giving on his tax return for its tax savings, I don't think that it is necessarily accurate. Some people are not comfortable reporting their own charitable giving. Before assuming that Brown's tax return tells the whole story, I would want to know whether he reports all of his giving on it.

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BIGSKYER Wrote: May 03, 2012 3:57 PM

What was gained when Romney was badgered for his reluctance to reveal his tax records? We are cautioned not to brag about how generous we are, aren't we?

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Sword of Light Wrote: May 03, 2012 9:49 PM

Yes, we are. It is generally considered kosher to give in private, without fanfare. That is my point.

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What Brown's and Warren's Tax Returns Really Show

THERE IS A PASSAGE in Master and Commander, the first of Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed series of historical sea novels, in which Stephen Maturin casually refers to the wealth of James Dillon, one of his shipmates.

"Surely to God you would never call me rich?" Dillon asks with some asperity.

Maturin: "I have ridden over your land."

Dillon: "It's three-quarters of it mountain, and one quarter bog; and even if they were to pay their rent for the rest it would only be a few hundred a year -- barely a thousand."

Maturin: "My heart bleeds for you. I have never...