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3. I bet it's just the opposite. He makes a deal of his philanthropy, when what it is, is payment to

Reply to Panasonic (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 08:04 PM

Sep 2012

his church to make sure he gets into heaven. Tithing. I bet his so-called philanthropy is 100% to the Mormon church. That's a valid charitable deduction, for sure. But not what most people think of when they think of philanthropy.

His tithing goes to build huge tabernacles, funding Mormon missions overseas to convert people, etc.

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Bet Mittwit still doesn't want to release the taxes Panasonic Sep 2012 #1

after his comments i can't see why he would give anything to the charity JI7 Sep 2012 #2

I bet it's just the opposite. He makes a deal of his philanthropy, when what it is, is payment to Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #3

Don't you think that Romney's misdeeds DippyDem Sep 2012 #5

Not at all. The Republicans think he's great and has done nothing wrong. He's... Honeycombe8 Sep 2012 #7

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I can't blame you for that. DippyDem Sep 2012 #6

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The few mormons that I have met/known are all this way: staunchly republican, R. Daneel Olivaw Sep 2012 #9

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The Church as an official body stays out of elections and politics el_bryanto Sep 2012 #16