Biden Gave Average 369-dollars Annually To Charity

Geez:

(Washington, DC) -- The tax records of Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife indicate they gave an average of 369-dollars a year to charity during the past ten years. "USA Today" reports the records were released by Barack Obama's campaign.

They show the couple made 995-dollars in charitable donations last year, which amounted to about three-tenths percent of their income. It was the highest amount in the past decade.

The Bidens reported making nearly 380-thousand-dollars last year. The figure includes 71-thousand-dollars in royalties from Biden's memoir, "Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics." Biden spokesman David Wade says in an e-mail that the couple also contributes to their favorite causes with their time as well as their checkbooks. (source.)

So much for tithing.

See what the Catechism of the Catholic Church has to say about this:

"...The faithful also have the duty of providing for the material needs of the Church, each according to his abilities." (#2243)

And in case that sentence seems hazy to you:

"The obvious lack of specificity in these [precepts], however, should not be taken as a sign that they may be, for all practical purposes, ignored. Sunday collections, annual appeals, spontaneous offerings, bequests and wills, and so on are all ways that Catholics have to satisfy this precept of support." (CanonLaw.info)

Three-tenths of one percent of his income?!

Geez.