Romney vows to donate salary if elected

catefrances · October 2012

aerial wrote:

g under p wrote:

We do know Obama donated here....

When Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he told the prize committee to wire the money directly to the following charities: $250,000 to Fisher House, which gives free housing to veterans and military families getting medical treatment. $200,000, plus any remaining unallocated money, to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund of the Clinton Foundation, a fund that helped rebuild Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. $125,000 to the American Indian College Fund, which gives scholarships to Native Americans. $125,000 to the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, which gives scholarships to low-income residents of the Appalachia region. $125,000 to College Summit, an organization that aims to raise college enrollment rates. $125,000 to the Posse Foundation, which provides full scholarships to extraordinary high school students. $125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which gives scholarships to Latino students. $125,000 to the United Negro College Fund, which gives scholarships to Black students. $100,000 to Africare, an organization that builds wells and treats disease in Africa. $100,000 to the Central Asia Institute, which focuses on education and public health, primarily for girls in Central Asia By Business Insider

Peace

I knew you guys could find fault with Mitt donating his salary ...I knew IT!

he hasnt done it yet though. its just words right now. but i do see it as a good thing if this multimillionaire decides to donate his presidential salary, tho hes hardly gonna miss it is he?

markin ball · October 2012

Good for Mitt. It's not going make me vote for him, but it would be a nice gesture.

Thirty Bills Unpaid · October 2012

g under p wrote:

We do know Obama donated here....

When Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he told the prize committee to wire the money directly to the following charities: $250,000 to Fisher House, which gives free housing to veterans and military families getting medical treatment. $200,000, plus any remaining unallocated money, to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund of the Clinton Foundation, a fund that helped rebuild Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. $125,000 to the American Indian College Fund, which gives scholarships to Native Americans. $125,000 to the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, which gives scholarships to low-income residents of the Appalachia region. $125,000 to College Summit, an organization that aims to raise college enrollment rates. $125,000 to the Posse Foundation, which provides full scholarships to extraordinary high school students. $125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which gives scholarships to Latino students. $125,000 to the United Negro College Fund, which gives scholarships to Black students. $100,000 to Africare, an organization that builds wells and treats disease in Africa. $100,000 to the Central Asia Institute, which focuses on education and public health, primarily for girls in Central Asia By Business Insider

Peace

Your president has done all this? Man, your country should be so proud. Seriously, I never knew of these acts.

Prince Of Dorkness · October 2012

aerial wrote:

Right now the main concern should be al Qaeda recruiting more people into there extremist Islamic religion.

Hm. And here I thought that our main concern should be that our economy is only just gaining traction and that we need to encourage job growth and get people spending their money again.

aerial wrote:

Not Mormons recruiting people into a non extremist organization.

Funny you should say that. But Mormons were a lot more of a danger to me and my family than Al Qaeda over the last few years. And the "charity" money that the Mormons threw into Prop 8 (in the millions) was tax-exempt money.

comebackgirl · October 2012

markin ball wrote:

Good for Mitt. It's not going make me vote for him, but it would be a nice gesture.

Agreed. He certainly wouldn't be the first politician to do so. Governor Corzine (D-NJ) turned down his salary i 2006...he certainly didn't need it. It didn't help him win re-election though.

Prince Of Dorkness · October 2012

aerial wrote:

And abortion....don't we have more problems to deal with right now?

A VERY interesting comment.

But maybe you can explain this to me, then...

Two years ago when Republicans won enough seats to take back congress. they said their "top prioirty would be jobs from day one."

But two years later, we've had 54 anti-abortion bills introduced by Republicans since January 2011. And not a single jobs bill.

So you tell me... with 54 Anti-Abortion bills in under 2 years... don't we have more problems to deal with right now?

And don't even get me started on how John Boehner has pissed away $1.5 MILLION on defending the DOMA, which has had a success rate of 0%.

and... to answer your question...

Not if you're a woman who was raped and will die if she can't get her fetus aborted since it's started to develop in her fallopian tube. Because As Senator Aiken points out... if it was a "legitimate rape," she wouldn't have gotten pregnant so that slut wanted it... and Rep. Joe Walsh says we don't need a "life of the mother exemption" since that doesn't actually happen.... thanks to "science."

Ironic since Rep. Paul Broun says most science is a "lie from the pit of Hell.

So.. in closing... You're soaking in it.

catefrances · October 2012

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

aerial wrote:

And abortion....don't we have more problems to deal with right now?

A VERY interesting comment.

But maybe you can explain this to me, then...

Two years ago when Republicans won enough seats to take back congress. they said their "top prioirty would be jobs from day one."

But two years later, we've had 54 anti-abortion bills introduced by Republicans since January 2011. And not a single jobs bill.

So you tell me... with 54 Anti-Abortion bills in under 2 years... don't we have more problems to deal with right now?

And don't even get me started on how John Boehner has pissed away $1.5 MILLION on defending the DOMA, which has had a success rate of 0%.

and... to answer your question...

Not if you're a woman who was raped and will die if she can't get her fetus aborted since it's started to develop in her fallopian tube. Because As Senator Aiken points out... if it was a "legitimate rape," she wouldn't have gotten pregnant so that slut wanted it... and Rep. Joe Walsh says we don't need a "life of the mother exemption" since that doesn't actually happen.... thanks to "science."

Ironic since Rep. Paul Broun says most science is a "lie from the pit of Hell.

So.. in closing... You're soaking in it.

ectopic pregnancies do not survive and any women presenting with that condition would need possible life saving surgery to remove it if it hadnt already self aborted... not to mention a ruptured fallopian tube is a medical emergency. i see this as separate to the 'traditonal' abortion issue.

g under p · October 2012

aerial wrote:

g under p wrote:

We do know Obama donated here....

When Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he told the prize committee to wire the money directly to the following charities: $250,000 to Fisher House, which gives free housing to veterans and military families getting medical treatment. $200,000, plus any remaining unallocated money, to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund of the Clinton Foundation, a fund that helped rebuild Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. $125,000 to the American Indian College Fund, which gives scholarships to Native Americans. $125,000 to the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, which gives scholarships to low-income residents of the Appalachia region. $125,000 to College Summit, an organization that aims to raise college enrollment rates. $125,000 to the Posse Foundation, which provides full scholarships to extraordinary high school students. $125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which gives scholarships to Latino students. $125,000 to the United Negro College Fund, which gives scholarships to Black students. $100,000 to Africare, an organization that builds wells and treats disease in Africa. $100,000 to the Central Asia Institute, which focuses on education and public health, primarily for girls in Central Asia By Business Insider

Peace

I knew you guys could find fault with Mitt donating his salary ...I knew IT!

Come on aerial what an assumption on your part...I don't know what Mitt is going to do but I was ONLY pointing out what Obama has done and didn't hesitate about it. Also, he's coming from a lower financial bracket than BIG TIME rich Mitt Romeny. If Mitt donates his salary at some point in the future good for him so cool your assumptions aerial PLEASE.

Thank you.

Peace

Godfather. · October 2012

catefrances wrote:

aerial wrote:

...

Anyone know how Obama made his millions?

gunrunning???? :think:

noooo silly...he sold seats that left behind when he won the election in 2008

Godfather.

Prince Of Dorkness · October 2012

catefrances wrote:

ectopic pregnancies do not survive and any women presenting with that condition would need possible life saving surgery to remove it if it hadnt already self aborted... not to mention a ruptured fallopian tube is a medical emergency. i see this as separate to the 'traditonal' abortion issue.

Ok so you're going with the "we don't need a 'Life Of The Mother' exception because the female body has a way of shutting that whole thing down, then?

I see.

Prince Of Dorkness · October 2012

markin ball wrote:

Actually, missionaries pay for their own missions. They start saving their pennies as children.

If they're rich enough to, yes.

But "Missionaries who cannot save the required funds may obtain assistance from their home congregation or from a general missionary fund operated by the church and contributed to by Latter-day Saints around the world."

Meaning "those tax-exempt charity donations pay for the Mormons who aren't able to pay for it themselves."

catefrances · October 2012

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

catefrances wrote:

ectopic pregnancies do not survive and any women presenting with that condition would need possible life saving surgery to remove it if it hadnt already self aborted... not to mention a ruptured fallopian tube is a medical emergency. i see this as separate to the 'traditonal' abortion issue.

Ok so you're going with the "we don't need a 'Life Of The Mother' exception because the female body has a way of shutting that whole thing down, then?

I see.

umm no where do you get that from??? all im saying is ectopic pregnancies are medical emergencies and should be handled as such. no bullshit about it being an abortion(though technically thats what it is) or 'life of the mother' exception horseshit. a fallopian tube ruptures a woman could lose her life.. thats all i care about. as for the female body having a way to 'shut that whole thing down'.. there isnt enough land in the world to hold that much fertiliser.

gimmesometruth27 · October 2012

wow what a stand up guy...

:roll:

JonnyPistachio · October 2012

Oh, for a minute I thought he'd donate the 20 mil he makes a year. That would help a shitload of folks! Sweet.
But he's just talking about the salary the President receives.

g under p · October 2012

g under p wrote:

We do know Obama donated here....

When Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he told the prize committee to wire the money directly to the following charities: $250,000 to Fisher House, which gives free housing to veterans and military families getting medical treatment. $200,000, plus any remaining unallocated money, to the Clinton-Bush Haiti Fund of the Clinton Foundation, a fund that helped rebuild Haiti in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake. $125,000 to the American Indian College Fund, which gives scholarships to Native Americans. $125,000 to the Appalachian Leadership and Education Foundation, which gives scholarships to low-income residents of the Appalachia region. $125,000 to College Summit, an organization that aims to raise college enrollment rates. $125,000 to the Posse Foundation, which provides full scholarships to extraordinary high school students. $125,000 to the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, which gives scholarships to Latino students. $125,000 to the United Negro College Fund, which gives scholarships to Black students. $100,000 to Africare, an organization that builds wells and treats disease in Africa. $100,000 to the Central Asia Institute, which focuses on education and public health, primarily for girls in Central Asia By Business Insider

Peace

g under p wrote:

aerial wrote:

I knew you guys could find fault with Mitt donating his salary ...I knew IT!

Come on aerial what an assumption on your part...I don't know what Mitt is going to do but I was ONLY pointing out what Obama has done and didn't hesitate about it. Also, he's coming from a lower financial bracket than BIG TIME rich Mitt Romeny. If Mitt donates his salary at some point in the future good for him so cool your assumptions aerial PLEASE.

Thank you.

Peace

From Romney's financial status he could give far more than his salary, if he really wanted to make a difference for everyday folks.

Peace

Dirtie_Frank · October 2012

JonnyPistachio wrote:

Oh, for a minute I thought he'd donate the 20 mil he makes a year. That would help a shitload of folks! Sweet.
But he's just talking about the salary the President receives.

I guess the $4million he did donate is not enough? :roll:

Prince Of Dorkness · October 2012

Dirtie_Frank wrote:

I guess the $4million he did donate is not enough? :roll:

Frankly, money given to the Mormons I don't consider to be a charity at all. They use that money to build castles and send teenagers around the world to recruit new members. And he's expected to give 10% of his income to his "church" anyway... if he wants to stay a member.

And the Mormon church has ALSO funded things like Proposition 8 and just a couple of months ago, it was discovered that they were also dispatching teenagers in Swing states to sign up "Romney Voters."

That's tax-deductible money being used to influence elections and build shrines to the Mormon gods on planet Kolob. So... if you ask me.. he hasn't donated money to charity.

usamamasan1 · October 2012

"I wouldn't disqualify somebody by virtue of their financial wealth or their financial poverty," Romney added. "I would instead look at their record, what they've done with their life and whether they can make a difference, whether the things they have learned will enable them to be an effective leader."

Woot

usamamasan1 · October 2012

A question for all to reflect on.

What have you done with your life?

I hope you are all proud of your achievements.

Emiticon

Prince Of Dorkness · October 2012

usamamasan1 wrote:

"I would instead look at their record, what they've done with their life and whether they can make a difference, whether the things they have learned will enable them to be an effective leader."

Please pick the two below that will "enable" him "to be an effective leader."

I'll wait.

Romney vows to donate salary if elected

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