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[–]wretcheddawn 2 ポイント3 ポイント

I'm not attacking him for being wealthy, I'm attacking him for being a hypocrite. If he gave 20% of his money to charity, he'd still be rich, but he wouldn't be a hypocrite when he asked other people to do the same thing.

[–]SaladProblems 0 ポイント1 ポイント

The law would require him to pay the same amount as everyone else in his income bracket.

[–]wretcheddawn 3 ポイント4 ポイント

If you're rich and believe that giving money to the poor solves income equality, why would you make a law requiring you to give that money rather than giving that money?

If he really thought it would be effective, or the right thing to do, he would already be doing it, but he's not.

Obama's not really the only person who's done this, so I suppose it's not right to only point the finger at him, there have been many rich people that have "stood up" for income equality, despite that they have millions of dollars and could huge difference if they wanted to. But that's not what they want, they're pandering to the ideals while doing absolutely nothing about it until absolutely required to.

[–]gth829c -2 ポイント-1 ポイント

The president and first lady reported donating $150,034 – or 24.6 percent of their income – to 33 charities. That's a slight dip from the previous year, when the Obamas donated more than $172,000. The largest contribution last year was a $103,871 donation to Fisher House Foundation, which provides humanitarian services to military members, veterans and their families. Other charitable groups that received donations from the president for $5,000 or less include the American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the United Negro College Fund.

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/obama-charity-donation_n_3085858.html

Might want to rethink your argument there.