charitable contributions, as percentage of adjusted gross income (tax year 2003 edition)

• george w. and laura bush: 8.3%
• richard and lynne cheney: 25.3%
• john kerry (married filing separately): 11.1%
• john and elizabeth edwards: ? (schedule a not available, they claim 8.6% over the last decade)
• jim winstead jr.: 23.9%

the cheneys beat me out by donating almost all of the royalties from mrs. cheney’s books to charity. (data for everyone who is not me comes from tax history project.)

and yes, that 23.9% is pretty absurdly high. that’s the result of turning around and donating most of last year’s tax refund to charity, and donating my used car to the eff. i suspect i’ll be back below the teens again for 2004.