Gothamist: Bill & Hillary Clinton Made $109 Million for 2000-2007

Leon Freilich

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:51:21 -0500

WHITE HOUSE CLEANUP The Clintons took in more than a hundred mil That's gone into their post-presidential till. They tithed--to the Bill & Hillary Foundation dome. Truly, charity begins at home.

VanessaNYC

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:11:44 -0500

"Pretty tame comments thus far. Can't help but wonder what the response would be if this were McCain's or Giuliani's." Personally, I'm not surprised at this information. Hillary is very close with lobbyists and if she does what they want, she and Bill reap the benefits in investment income. The story is the same with many Republicans in power (Cheney, Bush, etc). Who wants to represent the American people not the heads of corporations? Barack Obama http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ethics/

suepart

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:31:56 -0500

She can create whatever she wants. Too bad she ain't getting the job. Obama 08.

brooklyngeorge

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:24:52 -0500

Hah, how sad is that. Live Nation values a dude who raps about his life hustlin' at $15m a year, but "the [former] most powerful person on earth" (Wikipedia: "President of the United States") and his wife combined make a little over $13m.

west side Michael

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:37:48 -0500

The Clinton.s made their money. John McCain married his. Some of the charity the Clintons gave was to the Clinton Library,kinda like giving your mirror a gift.

cucarachita

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:28:56 -0500

What would be more interesting is how much they paid in taxes, and how much they DIDN'T pay and why. What did they write off?

cucarachita

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:27:03 -0500

"Poverty czar"??? Isn't that a sort of oxymoron? Should be something more along the lines of "Poverty Investigator" or "Poverty Exterminator" or "Poverty Zapper." No?

EastRiver

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:04:16 -0500

Pretty tame comments thus far. Can't help but wonder what the response would be if this were McCain's or Giuliani's. Nobody is curious about the $15 million or so from the Cayman Island investment fund? And Hillary's website is essentially bragging that their overall tax rate was about 31% while most in their income range pay about 20% when deductions kick in. In other words they are saying the took fewer deductions. I'm not so sure that is to be admired because the cynic in me says they didn't want to put down anything that would be fodder for criticism. Besides, Bill has a license to print money anyway. He can just make it up later especially if Hillary loses the nomination.

Kevin Walsh

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:35:10 -0500

Some monster years in there... www.forgotten-ny.com

jcameron11

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:36:21 -0500

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GOP

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:20:07 -0500

"bloomberg makes almost 100K as mayor and he only takes home, literally, 2¢ because by law he has to take something. the rest he donates back into the city." If he donates it back into the city that's a deduction that lowers his taxable income. If he's in the highest tax bracket (is he?), the deduction saves him money (a lot more than the "literally" 2 cents). So, no, he doesn't take home "literally" 2 cents.

Peter

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:43:44 -0500

President Clinton's Speech Income: $51,855,599 I wonder what that works out to per syllable?

Dave Hogarty

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:28:17 -0500

That's the total salary she earned as Senator over the past several years combined.

edEx

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:26:48 -0500

bloomberg makes almost 100K as mayor and he only takes home, literally, 2¢ because by law he has to take something. the rest he donates back into the city.

skowen

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:20:19 -0500

Strange - a quick Wikipedia search shows that the salary for a Senator is under 200k. How is her pay adding up to 1MM?

skowen

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:16:08 -0500

Senators make 1MM/year? That seems a little excessive for a civil servant. Shit, the pres only makes what, 225k?

DWM2008

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:13:57 -0500

CHA CHING! Somebody needs to write another book!

EastRiver

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:56:42 -0500

Now was that so hard, Hillary? The more they sat on this information the more everyone speculated as to what they were hiding, even if they weren't hiding anything at all. It's like they learned nothing from Whitewater.