For my family and friends who like KNOW :
http://aloharevolution.com/petition/My husband and I completed our taxes and this is a rough breakdown without revealing TOO much.Vaguely... for 2008 we paid about~ $14,000 in property taxes for the properties in Florida, Washington, and Hawai'i~ $10,000 in mortgage interest~ $25,000 in federal taxes plus~ $40,000 to a variety of charitiesOne of my goals is to donate to MY causes BEFORE I make. That amount is still NOT good enough though LOL I am getting there though... eventually.... My husband and I joke about it but we may have to pick a bridge to live under really SOON LOLIt did not help though that my husband was laid off on November 14th. He is STILL out of work and STILL looking for work in his field but he helps me with my work these days and is very helpful. FEW people help us but IMO I think this is normal for people who work and contribute to society. Rarely do we get help when we need it the MOST yet some people are quick to judge those who make six figures without knowing the NUMBERS. They only pretend to know. Worse those who make six figures get NO bail out while those who leech off the system often do. We are left to fend for ourselves... but we're doing fine despite my husband still being out of work and despite some judgmental people who judge us based on us being registered Republicans with a six figure income AND who donate more than 10% of our income to a variety of charities lolhttp://aloharevolution.com/petition/I like to joke with some people though... My husband and I are both registered Republicans and BOTH of us shop for our clothes mostly at thrift stores partly because we would rather donate to our causes BEFORE we make LOL In fact today we went to two thrift stores as well as to a store that sells dented canned foods/cereal boxes/etc. I took these two pictures with my Blackberry:
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