Clintons Rack In $109 Million Last 8 Years

[WiseOne]

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton released tax data Friday showing they earned $109 million over the last eight years, an ascent into the uppermost tier of American taxpayers that seemed unimaginable in 2001, when they left the White House with little money and facing millions in legal bills.

The bulk of their wealth has come from speaking and book-writing, which together account for almost $92 million, including a $15 million advance — larger than previously thought — from Mr. Clinton’s 2004 autobiography, “My Life.” The former president’s vigorous lecture schedule, where his speeches command upwards of $250,000, brought in almost $52 million.

During that time, the Clintons paid $33.8 million in federal taxes and claimed deductions for $10.2 million in charitable contributions. The contributions went to a family foundation run by the Clintons that has given away only about half of the money they put into it, and most of that was last year, after Mrs. Clinton declared her candidacy.

Mrs. Clinton’s campaign released the eight years of income tax information late Friday, following a rising clamor on the campaign trail for her to follow the lead of her opponent, Senator Barack Obama, who had previously disclosed his tax returns for the same period. In what proved to be an awkward juxtaposition, the disclosure of the records — which revealed the Clintons to be in the top one-hundredth of 1 percent, or roughly 14,500, of all taxpayers — came on the day that Mrs. Clinton called for the creation of a cabinet-level post to tackle poverty.

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WiseOne's Comments, it seems as if ALL charitable donations in 2006 were to...drumroll please, The Clinton Foundation! Go figure. Those two heaps of dung are for the little guy alright...the dollar! I saw her BEG for $$$ yesterday for her campaign while we all are struggling and they have $109 million! WTF people???

[Herb Schaffler]

"I saw her BEG for $$$ yesterday"

The Clintons are nothing but glorified bums. They have made their living on begging for money.

[WiseOne]

Originally Posted by Herb Schaffler

"I saw her BEG for $$$ yesterday"

The Clintons are nothing but glorified bums. They have made their living on begging for money.

No doubt! Hillary racked in that much money on her stupid book while someone else wrote it! If Hillary was REAL and wanted to give back to the country, she would pay for some people's health care out of her own windfall. Hillary is sitting on a motherload while others die without enough money to get simple operations. Those two are full of it, in more ways than one!

[smoothbore]

Just to throw a wrench in the gears here.....we do live in a capitalist society...and the Clintons are free to capitolize on whatever it is they have....just as the rest of us are.

Yeah, it's distasteful that the Klintons are making it , don't disagree with that, but if people are willing to spend the money for their goods...then that's the way of our country

It does suck, but I think the real problem here is that such a large segment of the country are willing to take a completely blind eye to this charlatan and her hillbilly husband...why can't they just see she is nothing more than a facade who cares only for herself and her ambitions. I'll never understand.

Patrick