Jeb Bush says he’s
proud of his charitable giving. He shouldn’t be.
Updated by Dylan
Matthews on July 1, 2015, 8:35 a.m. ET
One of the most
humiliating revelations from Jeb
Bush's tax records, which he posted
online Tuesday, is that Bush is a true Scrooge when it comes to charitable
giving.
In 2013, he gave
$110,616.
That seems like a
lot, until you consider it's only 1.5 percent of his $7.3 million income that
year.
That tax cycle
wasn't an aberration.
Every year since
leaving the Florida governorship, Bush has given 3 percent or less of his
income to charity, despite making millions of dollars every year.
Bush is just fine
with his giving.
"I’m proud of
what Columba and I have contributed," he declared upon releasing the
records.
He shouldn't be.