Clintons: $109M In Income Since 2000

Newly Released Tax Information Shows Couple Paid More Than $33 Million In Taxes Over Eight Years

(CBS/AP)  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Clinton report nearly $109.2 million in income since the end of Mr. Clinton's term in 2000, according to eight years of newly-released tax information. The couple reported $20.4 million in income for 2007.

The Democratic presidential candidate and her husband paid $33.8 million in taxes from 2000 through 2007. Almost half the former first couple's money came from Mr. Clinton's speeches. They listed $10.25 million in charitable contributions during the period.

The couple released their tax returns for the years 2000 through 2006 and provided information regarding their 2007 taxes. The Clintons have asked for an extension for filing their 2007 tax returns, citing the dissolution of a blind trust last year.

Mrs. Clinton has been under pressure to release her tax returns, especially from rival Barack Obama, who posted his 2000 to 2006 returns on his campaign Web site last week. Neither Obama nor Republican Sen. John McCain have made their 2007 tax returns public, though both say they will this month.

"The Clintons have now made public 30 years of tax returns, a record matched by few people in public service," said Clinton Campaign Spokesman Jay Carson. "None of Hillary Clinton's presidential opponents have revealed anything close to this amount of personal financial information."

CBS News Correspondent Jim Axelrod reports that Mrs. Clinton's hopes for the Democratic nomination now rest heavily on winning over blue-collar workers, many of whom are worried about their own incomes.

The Clintons last made their returns public in 2000, when they reported an adjusted gross income of $416,039.

According to a summary of the seven years provided by the campaign, the former president's speech income since he left the White House totals $51.85 million and his income from his two books - "My Life " and "Giving" - totals $29.6 million. Mr. Clinton has traveled the world, giving paid speeches to multinational corporations, investment banks and motivational groups.

Mrs. Clinton had $10.5 million in book income over the period from her book "Living History." She donated earnings from her other book, "It Takes a Village," to charity.

Mrs. Clinton's tax returns show that of the remaining presidential candidates, she is the one most able to access large amounts of personal money. She lent her campaign $5 million in late February and could contribute more if she finds herself falling far behind Obama's proficient fundraising.

McCain's wife is heiress to her father's stake in Hensley & Co. of Phoenix, one of the largest beer distributorships in the country and her worth could exceed $100 million. But the couple has a prenuptial agreement that has kept most assets in her name. In his financial disclosures, McCain lists his major sources of income as his Senate salary of $169,300 and a Navy pension of about $56,000.

In 2006, Obama reported income of nearly $1 million, with nearly half of it coming from the publication of his second book, "The Audacity of Hope." Last week, the campaign disclosed that Obama and his wife, Michelle, gave $240,000 to charity last year.

Detailed Clinton tax data can be found here.

[obama8years]

OBAMA HAS LINKS TO HAMAS AND ISM

If Barack Obama didn%u2019t know about Abunimah%u2019s writings (and Abunimah says he did), the same as his claims of being unaware of Reverend Wright%u2019s remarks after 20 years, then Obama is not competent to be our President. Abunimah likes to lie and claim Al Awda has nothing to do with the ISM or Electronic Intifada, though plenty of evidence exists on the website the homepage at www.StoptheISM.com showing the contrary.

But Obama%u2019s association with the ISM through his church and lobbying in Chicago goes even deeper than just his past links to Al Awda and Ali Abunimah. His pastor, Jeremiah Wright, and the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, are both equally involved with the ISM.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/2462

[leighg1]

This is from 4/7/08 Wall Street Journal:

"Meanwhile, the Clintons also made liberal use of the charitable deduction, claiming $10.2 million in charitable giving over the eight years. Intriguingly, nearly all the donations went to the Clinton Family Foundation, which has disbursed only half the money. The Clintons can thus use the foundation for, er, strategic giving, such as the $100,000 it donated last year to a local South Carolina library %u2013 the day after Mrs. 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 Mrs. Clinton announced her Presidential run."

[blackspirit3]

Hillary Clinton became the first first lady to testify before a grand jury when she was subpeonaed by the Whitewater grand jury.
%u2022 Took a $100,000 bribe, camouflaged as futures trades, from Tyson Foods Inc. At issue was a $100,000 windfall from cattle futures after a $1,000 investment.
%u2022 Speculated in Health Care industry futures while overseeing legislative reform of same.
%u2022 Failed to correct false testimony by co-defendant Ira Magaziner in Health Care trial.
%u2022 Ordered members of the Health Care Task Force to shred documents that were the target of a court probe.
%u2022 Obstructed justice by ordering the shredding of Vince Foster''s documents in the Rose Law Firm.
%u2022 In 1996, Hillary was accused by the Senate Special Whitewater Committee of ordering the removal of potentially damaging files related to Whitewater from Foster''s office on the night of his death and telling aides to lie about their removal.
. Obstructed justice by keeping her billing records, a document sought under subpoena, in the White House residence.
%u2022 Lied to investigators about her knowledge about billing records.
%u2022 Lied to investigators about her involvement in the Castle Grande land flip con.
%u2022 Ordered the use of the FBI to discredit Travel Office employees.
%u2022 Lied to investigators about her involvement in the firing of Travel Office Employees.

[blackspirit3]

IN 1992 THE CLINTONS WENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO FIX THINGS

- The only president ever impeached on grounds of personal malfeasance
- Most number of convictions and guilty pleas by friends and associates*
- Most number of cabinet officials to come under criminal investigation
- Most number of witnesses to flee country or refuse to testify
- Most number of witnesses to die suddenly
- First president sued for sexual harassment.
- First president accused of rape.
- First first lady to come under criminal investigation
- Largest criminal plea agreement in an illegal campaign contribution case
- First president to establish a legal defense fund.
- First president to be held in contempt of court
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions
- Greatest amount of illegal campaign contributions from abroad
- First president disbarred from the US Supreme Court and a state court

IN 2008 LETS SEND THEM BACK TO FINISH THEIR JOB

[aldon61]

Trapbreak: There have been 5 Democrats since WWII, Truman was sitting when the war was declared over,& WAS re-elected, Kennedy won in 1960, his VP Johnson took over and WAS also re-elected, Carter, Then Clinton who WAS ALSO re-elected. I do agree that the ones you named were awful choices and deserved to be defeated (Stevenson, Humphry, McGovern, Mondale, Dukakis & Kerry. By the way, Kerry did not get slaughtered like the others, he came within 1 state (Ohio) of getting 270 electoral votes. Just wanted to get facts straight.

[mjvw2]

Clinton''''''''s campaign manager, Maggie Williams, earned at least $175,000 serving from 2000-07 on the board of Long Island-based Delta Financial, which filed for bankruptcy last year after a history of high-cost loans to low-income borrowers, according to public records.

Obama''''''''s national finance chairwoman, Penny Pritzker, was chairwoman of the board of a Chicago-area bank in 1993 when it adopted a subprime business strategy that regulators say ultimately led it to collapse in 2001.

From that right wing paper USA Today. Oh those evil neo cons.

[jesterbelle]

By the rich,of the rich,and for the rich.Hillary and McCain,your no change,status quo,same ol'',same ol'' candidates.

[dinkydog1]

The Clintons are criminals and the most corrupt politicians in the history of our country. I can''''t understand why people blindly follow them, but a change in government may see them finally prosecuted for their crimes. That may explain why Hillary is so desperate to be elected. Their staying out of prison may depend on it.

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Isn''t this criminal stuff a bit tired? The rupubs tried to convict the Clintons of every thing under the sun and only suceeded in wasting millions. Bill Clinton led this country to it''s most prosperious time in history. The Shrub has made us a debtor, belacose nation dispised around the world. Are they bind followers or are some just blind?

[jgunther7]

As a young lad, I will never forget President Eisenhower''s Farwell speech and the only point I can remember from that speech was: %u201CThe biggest danger to the U.S. is the military industrial complex.%u201D I was somewhat confused at the time because in the midst of the cold war, I understood the Russians were our biggest threat. His words have always come back to me and sure enough, it is the military industrial complex that is destroying our nation.

The Clintons are criminals and the most corrupt politicians in the history of our country. I can''t understand why people blindly follow them, but a change in government may see them finally prosecuted for their crimes. That may explain why Hillary is so desperate to be elected. Their staying out of prison may depend on it.

Obama on the other hand seems to be that new ray of hope that can get us out of this mess. I had lost all interest and hope in politics and stopped voting, but he is saying all the right things. I am as excited now as I was about John Kennedy. I never thought I would be in support of a minority person for fear they would only take care of their own, but Obama seems to transcend all the traditional boundaries and is stronger for it. If this man only delivers a fraction of what we hope and expect of him, we will all be miles ahead of where we are now. Today we are in debt, in recession, at war, and universally despised around the world. Obama at least presents the promise of improving our situation. Obama 08

[jgunther7]

truth-hurts: I don''t really understand your challenge, but I do agree that business control of the government has been detrimental to the United States for the last twenty years. I''ll try and explain in more detail:

[dinkydog1]

Do you think Bill and Hillary''''s money is sheltered from the progressive taxes that they want to impose upon ''''other'''' rich people?

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They havent imposed any new taxes on anyone but if they did why wouldn''t they apply to them? What''s your point, I thought repubs hated taxing the rich.

[s4b0]

IT SEEMS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE VERY ZEALOUS OF THE CLINTONS FOR MAKING SO MUCH MONEY. I AM HAPPY FOR ANYONE WHO MAKES MONEY. IT SEEMS THE CLINTONS HAVE MADE THEIR MONEY LEGALLY SO PEOPLE DON''T BE SO ZEALOUS OF THEM.

[jgunther7]

109m is nothing compared to what they can make once they are back in the White House. Bill can cook the deals and collect the money, with impunity, and Hillary can grant the pardons and special favours. We''ll have relatives running the travel operations and Chinese fry cooks brokering deals selling national secrets, it will be like old times again.

[jockh]

HILLARY CLINTON - READY TO LIE ON DAY ONE !!!!

First she denies that she was pro NAFTA. White House schedules have now been released, showing she held several high profile meetings to endorse NAFTA.

Second she tells outright lies about her bullet dodging trip to Bosnia.

Hillarys problem is that voters know how easily the Clintons lie. Next she will say well, it depends on how you define "sniper fire" and "ran" and then %u201CI DID NOT HAVE MILITARY RELATIONS WITH THAT SNIPER%u201D

Misspeaking is one thing, repeating it over and over makes it a FLAT LIE !!
Clinton simply cannot help herself.
She tells a big lie when a small lie will do. And she tells a small lie when the truth will do.
Look at the trouble the country is in because of the lies of President Bush so God help America if this woman ever gets elected.


She cannot win the Democratic nomination without causing a civil war in the Democratic Party. While comparing herself to, and praising, McCain while undermining Obama, make it appear that she is willing to do just that -- split the party in two. Seriously, can you imagine McCain saying that that he had a lifetime of experience, Hillary had a lifetime of experience, but Romney didn''t? That would never happen. It''s unacceptable. And it has to stop.

I get that it sucks to lose. But, it happens. Hillary, drop out with your head up high. Unless of course you''re ducking sniper fire again

[xzonz]

xlib, please excuse me i answered only one part of your question;about uniting us Barack has realized that there is more that brings us together than keeps us apart

the economic divide is really the core of all the other problems, and when people feel that the govt has failed them.
by realizing that what affects wall street also has an impact on main steet,by making the govt work for the people and providing equal opportunity to all Americans, we can all be united in the common good of making America stronger
Americans we should take the example of Europe;despite all the history and all that they went through they finally realized they can achieve more together compared to apart.

[xzonz]

xlib, please excuse me i answered only one part of your question;about uniting us Barack has realized that there is more that brings us together than keeps us apart

the economic divide is really the core of all the other problems, and when people feel that the govt has failed them.
by realizing that what affects wall street also has an impact on main steet,by making the govt work for the people and providing equal opportunity to all Americans, we can all be united in the common good of making America stronger
Americans we should take the example of Europe;despite all the history and all that they went through they finally realized they can achieve more together compared to apart.

[xzonz]

xzonx-so you must resgister to get on his site and learn more about him?? That doesn''''t seem fair at all. Why, it is actually exclusionary if you think about it.
Funny that he''''s the only candidate whose site is so restricted. Tell me again how he is going to unite us------------------------------------------------------------------
You can go to the site and find the info Barack and his policies on various issues; to post a comment on the blog one needs to register...

please visit the website, www.barackobama.com

[watcher269-2009]

Why is this still news?

[rowdytexan2]

I have to agree with you there, Hungry, you can''t even speak to a government official without going thru a plutocrat to be heard.

[rowdytexan2]

Clinton: Yes
Obama: No

What is the Real ID Act?
Your personal information stored in a Government Database. Everything from your social security to banking information. When another "terrorist" attack happens all the info will be stored in a transplanted RFID microchip. If you dont have one then you can''''t buy groceries or get a job.
Google RFID.
Remember, back in the early 90''''s, the internet was unheard of. The same goes for RFID today.
You are required by your bank to carry your debit card and bank account number, the world bank/economy will require you to have the chip.


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Posted by sueann702 at 06:01 PM : Apr 06, 2008

Your information is already on several databases. If I had your full name, telephone number, your credit card number, your driver''s license number, or your social security number, for $24 dollars I could know everything about you in about 45 seconds!