The Politisite Weekend Rant : The Clinton’s Prosper under a Bush Economy
By Albert N. Milliron
The Math Doesn’t Add up. Anyone figure out that 15.4 Million is not accounted for? That is where you should look. There is a Persian Connection to Pres. Clinton that is not listed. Why wouldn’t they want us to know? Do they really think we won’t re-do the Math? The Math comes out to 94 Million not 109 Million. 15.4 Million is missing. Gottcha, a Dubai connection from a off shore account called Yucaipa Global Opportunities Fund I. So what did the Former President do for Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid al- Maktoum?
What about your privacy? Bill Clinton received another $800,000 in 2006 and 2007 from data-mining company infoUSA owned by Vinod Gupta. (1) What did Clinton do for this money? Maybe sold democratic donors personal information for his own wealth. You might want to be careful when you send Hillary a check? (2)
I didn’t see that extra check wrote out to the IRS. Remember President Clinton a related to America that he didn’t pay enough taxes. President Bush Reminded him, in the State of the Union address, that the IRS does take cash or checks. (3) I hear most folks say, “wow they gave 10% of their income to Charity (4), how wonderful”. A perfect example of a Liberal telling others the government should take care of the poor. Hey Bill, Hill you get 12 Million a year.. You need all that?? How about the countries you deserted Somalia, Rwanda??? If you think your taxes are so low and the government isn’t doing enough. How about oh lets say 6 million a year?
I love these people running for president that make tons of money and give 10% or 4% in Obama’s case. Wow a cool 1.2 million most of which went to his own Clinton organization, which really means a way to spend money under a not for profit to cover your traveling expences. Sure , you keep 6 million for yourself and wife. Can you live on that?
Here is my other Rant for the day. How about a means test for former presidents to have a Secret Service detail? Why can’t the Clinton’s pay for it? I understand poor presidents and wives should have a detail for National security reasons. We don’t need an ex-president taken as a hostage. But if you make 12 million a year, couldn’t you hire you own security detail? Hey Bill it costs the taxpayers of America 38,000 dollars (5) each time you make a speech for 30,000 dollars. How about quit speaking and you would have saved the government 30 million dollars in secret service fees.
And my rant continues. Bill Clinton had investments in off shore accounts? Thats right Bill is so pro-American he invests money where the IRS can’t look at the books. What about investing in America? Hire a few people.
What will the Clinton Public Relations firm say on Monday. Oh I love spin! This just shows the Clinton’s can make money, wouldn’t it be great to have these two back in the White House so they can translate their expertise for making money to helping hard working Americans and America’s economy.
I say, if the Bush economy is so bad, how could you make all that money and raise all that money from all your donors. Yeah, things are so bad that people making 30K a year are sending 2 grand to you so you can fix this awful economy
Statement of Jay Carson
Clinton Campaign Spokesman
April 4, 2008
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.
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.
Source: hillaryclinton.com via politisite
Annual tax information is available for download below:
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
Note:
(1)
For the past four years, the Clintons have jetted around on Vinod Gupta’s corporate plane, to Switzerland, Hawaii, Jamaica, Mexico — $900,000 worth of travel. The former president secured a $3.3 million consulting deal with Gupta’s technology firm. His presidential library got a six-figure gift, too.
Gupta, whose big donations to the Democratic Party earned him a Lincoln Bedroom overnight when Bill Clinton was president, has emerged as a key benefactor of Clinton’s post-presidency — and Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential candidacy.
Source: washingtonpost.com via politisite
(2)Vinod “Vin” Gupta
According to New York Times report, InfoUSA, which compiles consumer information and sells it to direct marketing companies, sold the names of senior citizens, including millions with Alzheimer’s disease and others it identified as gamblers, with labels that said things such as, “These people are gullible.
Source: nriinternet.com via politisite
(3) 2008 State of the Union Address
Others have said they would personally be happy to pay higher taxes. I welcome their enthusiasm. I’m pleased to report that the IRS accepts both checks and money orders. (Laughter and applause.)
Source: whitehouse.gov via politisite
(4)
$10.2 million in charitable contributions. The contributions went to a family foundation run by the Clintons
Source: huffingtonpost.com via politisite
(5)
For Clinton, the agency provided coverage for 267 protections days and 418 protective visits. The current cost per day of protecting a candidate is about $38,000 for the agency. Sullivan expects that to rise to the agency’s estimate of $44,000 per day by the end of the campaign.
Source: thehill.com via politisite
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