Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics

Once again a chance to poke MoveOn.org in the eye. They produced a graph that shows Obama giving a larger percentage of his income to charity. These percentages are "charitable donations" divided by "adjusted income." Data comes from the Washington Post.

So I produced my own graph. Whom tried to lower their taxable income the most through deductions? That is "deductions" divided by "adjusted income." Looks like Obama to me. Is he trying to not "pay his fair share?"

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