Clinton taxes - whew!
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New York Senator Hillary Clinton and her husband spend a lot of time on the Presidential trail deploring the "wealthy" and "well-connected." As their newly released tax records for 2000 to 2007 show, they know of whom they speak, says the Wall Street Journal.
Consider:
o The former, and perhaps future, first couple earned $109 million over the past eight years, putting them among the top .01 percent of taxpayers.
o The bulk of the Clintons' income came from speech-making ($51.9 million) and book-writing ($29.6 million).
It is understandable why the couple took so long to release their returns, and is still reluctant to release other information, says the Journal. Their political status has given them access to wealthy folks who've helped make them rich.
For example:
o Bill Clinton raked in as much as $15 million working as an adviser and rainmaker for billionaire financier Ron Burkle's Yucaipa firm.
o The former President also took in $3.3 million in consulting fees from InfoUSA CEO Vinod Gupta, who has also helped fund Hillary Clinton's White House bid.
Meanwhile, the Clintons also made liberal use of the charitable deduction:
o They claimed $10.2 million in charitable giving over the eight years.
o Intriguingly, nearly all the donations went to the Clinton Family Foundation, which has disbursed only half the money.
o The Clintons can thus use the foundation for, strategic giving, such as the $100,000 it donated last year to a local South Carolina library -- the day after Hillary Clinton debated in that key primary state.
There are other examples of such politically targeted philanthropy and it's worth noting that most of the foundation's disbursements came only after Hillary announced her Presidential run, says the Journal.
Source: Editorial, "Clinton Tax Lessons," Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2008.
For text:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120752549042393619.html
New York Senator Hillary Clinton and her husband spend a lot of time on the Presidential trail deploring the "wealthy" and "well-connected." As their newly released tax records for 2000 to 2007 show, they know of whom they speak, says the Wall Street Journal.
Consider:
o The former, and perhaps future, first couple earned $109 million over the past eight years, putting them among the top .01 percent of taxpayers.
o The bulk of the Clintons' income came from speech-making ($51.9 million) and book-writing ($29.6 million).
It is understandable why the couple took so long to release their returns, and is still reluctant to release other information, says the Journal. Their political status has given them access to wealthy folks who've helped make them rich.
For example:
o Bill Clinton raked in as much as $15 million working as an adviser and rainmaker for billionaire financier Ron Burkle's Yucaipa firm.
o The former President also took in $3.3 million in consulting fees from InfoUSA CEO Vinod Gupta, who has also helped fund Hillary Clinton's White House bid.
Meanwhile, the Clintons also made liberal use of the charitable deduction:
o They claimed $10.2 million in charitable giving over the eight years.
o Intriguingly, nearly all the donations went to the Clinton Family Foundation, which has disbursed only half the money.
o The Clintons can thus use the foundation for, strategic giving, such as the $100,000 it donated last year to a local South Carolina library -- the day after Hillary Clinton debated in that key primary state.
There are other examples of such politically targeted philanthropy and it's worth noting that most of the foundation's disbursements came only after Hillary announced her Presidential run, says the Journal.
Source: Editorial, "Clinton Tax Lessons," Wall Street Journal, April 7, 2008.
For text:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120752549042393619.html
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posted by Matt Friedeman at
11:43 AM
6 Comments:
All politicians are pretty much shady, dems and repubs alike. Check and see if your favorite republican is listed on the Republican Offenders site:
http://www.republicanoffenders.com/
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There is nothing shameful about being wealthy unless you obtained it in unethical ways. There is a current effort to make Dems sound like they hate rich people. A good number of Dems are rich. It is not about wealth.
Matt,
Come out, come out, where ever you are!!!!
That they have gotten rich from their books, speaking, etc. is not surprising. On the surface it's nice to see that they sort of "tithed" from their income, but they should be embarrassed that most of those donations just went to a foundation with their name on it.
Since public access to the income tax info of presidential candidates is becoming standard, it would be interesting to do an analysis of candidates from the last few elections to see what percent they actually gave to bonafide church/religious institutions. If they claim to be Christians, then they should be supporting Christian ministry financially.
Of course they've never been shy about their wealth. Bill Clinton used a line saying that he shouldn't get a tax break when others were hurting. I don't think they were particularly hiding anything. Yep.
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