Clintons income 109 million

[gabeana]

I know I'm not supposed to do this, but drudge has his siren flashing with this breaking news

[Zachstar]

1. Any other sources?

drudge is not the best source.

[Adelante]

2. Oh, my goodness

I was thinking half that :wow:

[gabeana]

3. I looked but thats all I found

also says they paid 30+million in taxes and about 10 million in charity

[Zueda]

32. Wonder if the charity was for African AIDS relief.

...I'm still trying to figure out why George Bush has given so much tax dollars to that.

[RaleighNCDUer]

60. Guilt? nt

[BeyondGeography]

4. Game over

109 million for the great protectors of the white working class! :rofl:

[Cant trust em]

10. You can be rich and still care about the working class/poor

I'm not saying that Clinton is or is not an example of this, but it can happen.

[gabeana]

18. this is true, Roosevelt was a rich man

as a grown man his mother held big sway over his trust

[BeyondGeography]

21. $109 million worth of access to the next White House

that's what that is. It'd be fine if they didn't want so badly to get back to the place that made them all that money to begin with.

[Boz]

27. How else can they with little outside assets other than their selves not be parlaying

influence in to cash?

[leftynyc]

24. So only the poor can care about the

working class? Is that really the argument you want to use? Should the rich - especially a couple that donated 10 million to charity - just tell the poor and disadvantaged to go fuck themselves?

[BeyondGeography]

43. Call me back when the Clintons stop telling their campaign vendors to go fuck themselves

$109 million and they can't pay their bills...keep drinking that HillSwill.

[leftynyc]

59. You're an ass

and if you had taken the two minutes to look up my posts, you'd discover I support neither candidate although will vote for whoever has the D behind their name. Thankfully, I don't let asshole supporters direct who I'll vote for. But keeping driving people away from your candidate - it'll be very helpful in November.

[BeyondGeography]

65. Like I give a shit about your posting history

Vote for McCain for all I care, he's only worth $40 million; it'll make you feel like a prole in comparison.

[leftynyc]

67. You sound like my nephew

He's 4 years old. Do me a favor and put me on ignore. I'm begging you.

[BeyondGeography]

69. You sound like a "lefty" who defends greedy power addicts who feed at the trough

:freak:

[leftynyc]

86. Yes - I'm an awful person for not hating

rich people. And I don't hate them. The ones I know worked hard for their money. They went to school, college, worked their way up and became rich. I will never have a problem with that.

You want to go after them with lanterns and pitchforks, knock yourself out.

[BeyondGeography]

89. LOL...They got rich off the fucking White House and they want a second helping!

They can be as obscene as they want, just stay away from the presidency, please.

Really, most thinking people will understand the problem here.

[leftynyc]

93. You're beyond help

Keep the hate up though - your candidate will surely appreciate it.

[SammyWinstonJack]

94. They pulled this same shit with Edwards.

[MadBadger]

5. Wow

[rndmprsn]

6. elite's of the elites!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Is halliburton involved in any way?

Enron?

:shrug:

[Adelante]

51. Yes, actually

I saw something this morning. If I remember where I read it, I will post the link. It was about Congress members and war industry investments. Neither Obama nor McCain had them.

[KittyWampus]

Dubai, Uranium Mines... Bill Clinton Pimping Himself Out...

[KittyWampus]

52. dupe

[my3boyz]

8. Then she needs to stop begging the working people for their money and pay for her own

campaign! Here she was begging her supporters for money (turning off the music to beg..no less). If she is so convinced she will win then let her put her money where her mouth is.

[MonkeyFunk]

35. John Kerry and his wife are worth much more

did you demand the same of him?

[rox63]

58. He paid his bills

And didn't stiff small businesses all across the country.

[MonkeyFunk]

64. They'll be paid

don't be daft.

[Zachstar]

104. And I will go to the moon on a balloon.

There is no guarantee.

[DemVet]

113. No, he let his wife do that.

[rox63]

115. Not true

This is BS. He mortgaged their home in Boston when times got tight before Iowa, and once the nomination was sewn up, he raised plenty of money to pay the bills. Teresa was not legally able to contribute much of her own wealth at all.

[my3boyz]

68. If I ever heard that he stiffed workers I ABSOLUTELY would demand that he pay them!

So yes...same rules ABSOLUTELY apply!

[dchill]

77. Most of the money was hers...

and we basically knew it came from ketchup.

[MonkeyFunk]

108. and we all knew

that Bill Clinton made a ton of money from book and speaking fees. So what?

[Zachstar]

103. Yes

[jefferson_dem]

9. For those who don't care to link to sludge :: EXCLUSIVE: CLINTONS SHOW $109M IN INCOME

World Exclusive: 4/4/08 15:43:06 ET
2000-2007 Returns
Feds Taxes Paid: $33.7 million
Charity: $10.2 million

That's all so far.

[frazzled]

28. So that's the total income over 7 years, I guess

Still, that's a lot of bazoogas for what is essentially giving speeches.

[jefferson_dem]

33. MORE ---> His Speech Income: $51,855,599

World Exclusive: 4/4/08 15:43:06 ET
2000-2007 Returns
Feds Taxes Paid: $33.7 million
Charity: $10.2 million
Her Senate Salary: $1,051,606
His Presidential Pension: $1,217,250
Her Book Income: $10,457,083
His Book Income: $29,580,525
His Speech Income: $51,855,599

[wileedog]

39. And here I thought speeches were "just words..."

$51 Million worth of 'em

[Catherina]

49. Senate Salary $1,051,606 ? That's impossible

The 2008 Senate salary is $169,300 http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/97-1011.pdf

:popcorn: and yes I'll share!

[wileedog]

53. Its over 7 years

169300 x 7 - roughly 1,100,000 and change

[Catherina]

85. Thanks! I didn't catch that. n/t

[KittyWampus]

56. Drudge has a "World Exculsive"? Hillary fed this to Drudge?

[Catherina]

92. Hillary's Drudge link is a campaign worker named Tracy Sefl

Hillary's Drudge link is a campaign worker named Tracy Self who's a former DNC official. Go figure :shrug:

[UALRBSofL]

48. The good thing about it is she paid enough taxes in

Had they been a part of Halliburton they would have paid about 5% but instead they paid 33% in taxes which is a good thing. 32 mil on a book Bill wrote. Bill in speeches 55 mil which is the bulk of the money over those years. Hillary had also 2 best sellers, 10.5 mil on her books. Yeahhhhh and 10.5 mil in charities. Yeahhhhh they paid there fair share of taxes. Now everyone will fall in love with her because they paid there fair share of taxes. Now, the people that question her will love. They will say, tax the rich and now she is honest.



P.S. John Edwards made 350 million, plus, he was fighting for the poor where the Clinton's did not drum that message up so there is no hypocrisy.

[Adelante]

57. John Edwards did not make "350 million, plus"

He's worth $30-$60M as of last year.

[jenmito]

11. CNN just reported her tax returns were released and they'll discuss them soon.

This should send her image as a "regular Josephine." :eyes:

[dchill]

84. I thought she was "Paulette."

:eyes:

[jenmito]

88. She's whoever she needs to be according to the day.

[dchill]

90. Today she's the soft-spoken civil rights activist.

:shrug: :)

[jenmito]

99. ...who sneaks her tax returns out when nobody's looking.

[dchill]

102. when they hope nobody's looking.

[jenmito]

111. Yup. But they ARE looking! And David Shuster already said there are more questions than answers...

and Matthews said she didn't release THIS year's return, which they promised they'd do.

[dchill]

117. Without the 2007 returns, it's just a snow job...

Glad SOMEBODY pointed that out.

[Scurrilous]

12. The night shift sure pays well. n/t

[phrigndumass]

14. LOL

:thumbsup:

[GarbagemanLB]

15. but she cares so much for the working man and woman!

[leftynyc]

30. You're right

She should just tell them to go fuck themselves. And the 10.2 million to charity - fuck them too.

[PBS Poll-435]

40. Nearly 10%?

That is way, way, way above average. (And much more, even as a percentage, than the Obamas gave)

[leftynyc]

62. Yes, I noticed that (n/t)

[KittyWampus]

71. Since Bill Clinton is pimping himself and his days as POTUS out, that 10M is the LEAST he could do.

[leftynyc]

96. Some of you are really beyond help

There is just no reasoning with the kind of irrational hatred you have. But keep it up, it will surely help Sen Obama in November. Good luck with that unity thing.

[CreekDog]

13. Can I have some more?

(I'm in the wrong line of work!)

[Whisp]

16. even if it's half that... where'd they get it from?

I saw a chart here not too long ago that showed the vast bulk of those millions started rolling in in 2003. the graph looked like Al Gore on the escalator in an Inconvenient Truth.

now, hmmm, what happened in 2003 that could have filled those Clinton pockets with some ca-ching...
let me think now, don't rush me.

[Barack_America]

17. Clinton Finds Way to Play Along With Drudge

Clinton Finds Way to Play Along With Drudge

By JIM RUTENBERG
Published: October 22, 2007

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 — As Senator Barack Obama prepared to give a major speech on Iraq one morning a few weeks ago, a flashing red-siren alert went up on the Drudge Report Web site. It read, “Queen of the Quarter: Hillary Crushes Obama in Surprise Fund-Raising Surge,” and, “$27 Million, Sources Tell Drudge Report.”

Within minutes, the Drudge site had injected Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s fund-raising success into the day’s political news on the Internet and cable television. It did not halt coverage of Mr. Obama’s speech or his criticism of her vote to authorize the war in 2002, but along the front lines of the campaign — the hourly, intensely fought effort to capture the news cycle or deny ownership of it to the other side — it was a telling assault.

Mrs. Clinton’s aides declined to discuss how the Drudge Report got access to her latest fund-raising figures nearly 20 minutes before the official announcement went to supporters. But it was a prime example of a development that has surprised much of the political world: Mrs. Clinton is learning to play nice with the Drudge Report and the powerful, elusive and conservative-leaning man behind it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/us/politics/22drudge.html

Look for the official announcement to come soon.

[Catherina]

55. Tracy Sefl, she's everywhere. Drudge, Rush, Hannity... n/t

[Zueda]

19. them must of been some good speeches. n/t

[jenmito]

20. "Document dump day."

[GarbagemanLB]

23. Just gives everyone 2 days to pour over and find the goodies to hit on Monday's shows. Go Obama!

[jenmito]

31. Yup. There's MORE than enough time for the working class people in PA to discover just how

much she REALLY "feels their pain." How classy-to release them on the day everyone's talking about MLK.

[Blue_State_Elitist]

79. Because Obama is so poor.

[jenmito]

87. He is worth just over $1 million. Yes, he IS poor compared to the Clintons.

[my3boyz]

25. Mmmmmhmmmm...they wanted to do it on a Friday (and on a MLK anniv)

They think the media will talk about it a bit and forget about it next week. And they probably will. Of course they would not let the Wright story go but for Hill they will do it.

[jenmito]

38. I don't think the media WILL forget about this next week. They've been waiting a LONG time for

this, and even if the MEDIA doesn't cover it much, I bet the Obama camp will trumpet it loud and clear!

[Texas Hill Country]

22. source? drudge? seriously?

[MadBadger]

26. Drudge had it first, and not MSNBC and CNN are confirming exactly what Drudge said.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

37. I can't believe these scandalous rumors.

Hillary should just release her tax returns and nip this nonsense in the bud.

[DURHAM D]

29. 109M over seven years - not that great. eom

[Zueda]

36. lol

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

41. Yeah, that's in 2002 dollars.

Back when 109 million was a lot of money.

[rox63]

66. On what planet?

That sounds like filthy-rich to me.

[Lucky 13]

100. You are right! They are hovering just above the poverty line!

109M over 7 years? That's roughly $15M a year! Why, that's chump change! How do they survive? She's such a trooper!

I bet they only have 5 vacation homes instead of the 10 I own. And I heard Hillary was riding around in black stretch limo the other day. How droll! My luxury jaguar limo makes that look like a Yugo!

Yes she surely understands the plight of the working man. I feel quite compelled to donate a portion of my exorbitant salary to her - POST HASTE! The poor thing needs it MUCH more than I do!

[LisaM]

34. The tax returns were for six years. Is the $109 mil six years worth also? n/t

[jefferson_dem]

42. Non Sludge Link Here --->

Clinton Release on TaxesStatement of Jay Carson, Clinton Campaign Spokesman

Today Senator Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton are releasing their tax returns for the years 2000 through 2006, and are providing information regarding their 2007 taxes as well.

The Clintons have now made public thirty years of tax returns, a record matched by few people in public service. None of Hillary Clinton’s presidential opponents have revealed anything close to this amount of personal financial information.

What the Clintons’ tax returns show is that they paid more than $33,000,000 in federal taxes and donated more than $10,000,000 to charities over the past eight years. They paid taxes and made charitable contributions at a higher rate than taxpayers at their income level.

2000 - 2007 TAX RETURN SUMMARY
HILLARY & BILL CLINTON

TAXES PAID: $33,783,507

The Clintons paid $33,783,507 in federal taxes – 31% of their adjusted gross income. According to the most recent data available from the IRS, in 2005 taxpayers earning $10,000,000 or more paid on average 20.8% of their adjusted gross income in taxes.

CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS: $10,256,741

The Clintons donated $10,256,741 to charity – 9.5% of their adjusted gross income. According to the most recent data available from the IRS, in 2005 taxpayers earning $10,000,000 or more contributed 3.1% of their adjusted gross income in cash contributions to charity. Information about the Clinton Family Foundation, including a list of charities to which the Clintons contributed through the Foundation, is available online in the Foundation’s publicly available tax returns (www.foundationcenter.org).

AFTER TAX EARNINGS: $57,157,297

CUMULATIVE TOTAL(GROSS) INCOME: $109,175,175

Including, among other items:
Senator Clinton’s Senate Salary: $1,051,606
President Clinton’s Presidential Pension: $1,217,250
Senator Clinton’s Book Income: $10,457,083
President Clinton’s Book Income: $29,580,525
President Clinton’s Speech Income: $51,855,599

SENATOR CLINTON’S BOOK INCOME: $10,457,083
Senator Clinton’s book income is comprised of earnings for Living History ($10,267,895), including an $8,000,000 advance, and It Takes a Village ($189,188). The earnings for It Takes a Village were donated to charity. Since the release of It Takes a Village in 1996, Senator Clinton has donated over $1,100,000 to charity.

PRESIDENT CLINTON’S BOOK INCOME: $29,580,525
President Clinton’s book income is comprised of earnings for My Life ($23,280,525), including a $15,000,000 advance, and Giving ($6,300,000). The President donated $1,000,000 of his income from Giving in 2007 to charity.

PRESIDENT CLINTON’S SPEECH INCOME: $51,855,599

NOTE: The figures in this summary include 2007 estimates.

http://thepage.time.com/2008/04/04/the-tax-woman-cometh/

[rox63]

70. I'm curious about unearned income

I'm sure they have a lot of investments. What did those bring in, and what are they? I want to know about possible conflicts of interest.

[NDambi]

44. MSNBC will give details in a few...the income came from a summary not detail tax returns

[MadAndy]

45. I guess crime does pay.

[HughMoran]

47. bye

fucking ass hole

[MadAndy]

74. Kiss my ass, humorless c**ks**kers

[Megahurtz]

54. Agreed. n/t

[HughMoran]

83. another

Democrat hater - see ya

[HughMoran]

46. Posting Drudge here is sacrilege

Man does that make me angry.

[jefferson_dem]

50. Oh, save your drama.

Nobody cares.

[totodeinhere]

72. What difference does it make? It's all over the Net and cable news anyway.

[HughMoran]

80. So why quote fucking Druge then??

Your post makes no sense at all!!!


If the info is all over, you'd post Faux or Drudge?

Why the FUCK would any sane Democrat do something so fucking stupid?

[HughMoran]

76. There's a reason I haveJeffDem on ignore

You're supportive of RW sources if it fits your needs - what an ass hole.

[MadAndy]

107. So ignore him, HughAsshat.

[KittyWampus]

78. actually, then you should be mad at Hillary for leaking info through him.

[Megahurtz]

61. 109 Million for all that Corporate Deregulation.

Can anyone say Corporate Whores? :shrug:

[RaleighNCDUer]

75. Better not. The consensus here is that 'whore' is ALWAYS a

sexist term, and you'll be stripped of your liberal status if you should dare use that word.

[shaniqua6392]

63. Wow!! Look at how much they gave to charity!

That is so awesome. But I sure would not want that tax bill. Holy crap...That is a lot of money in taxes. I think it is great how successful that they are. But we all know that Bill knows how to make money. He was the one responsible for getting Washington back on track with regards to budget deficits and surpluses, etc. Unlike Boy George, who has undone all of the good work Clinton did. Now all we have is debt.

[MadAndy]

81. Is the Clinton library considered a charity?

[onenote]

101. Did they give to the Clinton library or are you just making shit up?

My vote: you're making shit up.

[MadAndy]

106. I asked an f'in question. Jeez everyone is so quick to go ballistic. Would it surprise

you if they DID count it as a charity?

[onenote]

112. yes it would surprise me. Its not a charity and they didn't give it any money

You could look this up if you were really interested.


http://dynamodata.fdncenter.org/990s/990search/esearch.php

Between 2002 and 2006 the Clinton Family Foundation (which is the recipient of the charitable donations listed on the Clintons' Form 1040) disbursed over $2.5 million in contributions, those contributions ranging in size from $1000 up to $100,000. During that time, no donations to the Clinton Library were listed, which isn't surprising since it is not a public charity. There were $70,000 in donations to the Clinton BIrthplace Foundation, which runs the Clinton Birthplace Museum. A $50K contribution in 2003 and $10K in 2005 and again in 2006 -- a rather small amount compared to the total amount given.

The Foundation has another $4 million available to it for charitable purposes. The Clintons are listed as the directors of the Foundation, but they receive no compensation. Indeed, the Foundation is run with virtually no expenses, other than the contributions it makes.

[cd3dem]

97. Yes, Clintons put their money where their heart is! and can balance a budget too!

[workinclasszero]

73. Bowing down to the free traitors really paid off for the Clinton's eh?

Yup Hillary really identifies with all those blue collar workers in Ohio and elsewhere.:sarcasm:

I bet she can't wait to be POTUS so she can ram through Congress more free trade poison bills!

[texasleo]

82. she would have lost Ohio, that's for sure

[ampad]

91. LOL at you people ogggling over how much they gave to

charity. Yea that's good and all and maybe Obama didn't give as much to charity but he also didn't make as much. Now that we know the Clintons like to give to charity how about they pay off the vendors they left hanging in the dust; or are the vendors considered charity?

[HughMoran]

95. Nice right-wing attack

Why are you attacking a Democrat on DEMOCRATIC underground?

[workinclasszero]

98. Hey they don't get a tax break for paying off vendors

so they are last in line LOL

Suckers! That will teach them to trust a Clinton!

[WilyWondr]

105. The whore story

may have gotten some additional factual facts behind it.

whore (hôr, hr)
n.
1. A prostitute.
2. A person considered sexually promiscuous.
3. A person considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.

I knew Randi was correct.

[workinclasszero]

109. Right as rain

Give the woman a medal! Randi called it right. And big business shut her mouth with the backing of many so-called "democrats"!:puke:

[Botany]

110. This will go over like a lead ballon w/ the working people of PA

Lots of taxes and lots of charity but still 109 million will stick in
the craw of lots of people.

[Texas Hill Country]

114. in 8 years? and paid $36million in taxes, gave $10 million to charity? $8m/yr takehm, not a lot...

that means take home was about $8million a year.... that is not that much compared to some of their contemporaries.


as a matter of fact, it is a hell of a lot less that I would have thought

[jefferson_dem]

116. $8,000,000 a year take home is "not a lot"?

...To Warren Buffett perhaps.

[kentuck]

118. When push comes to shove....

$109 million dollars is worth more than Democratic principles.