$18 million dollars unaccounted for......

[Citizen Kang]

How did the Clinton's make that money? Where did it come from?

All this spin from Clinton fans about the charitable giving (really less than 10% of their income, big deal, most people give that much to their church). But not a peep about where the mysterious $18 million came from....


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0408/The_Clintons_taxes.html


Care to spin some more Hillary supporters?

[emilyg]

1. Speaking engagements, 2 best-selling books.

[Raven]

2. So, we put the man in the Presidency and he makes 50$ million

dollars talking about it? How does that make any sense at all?

[Maddy McCall]

4. He is not the first.

We pay our Presidents a pittance. They do well, financially, after the end of their presidency.

This is nothing new. Especially for a charismatic president like Bill Clinton.

[Clovis Sangrail]

5. $400,000 is a 'pittance'? 0.o

That's a HUGE sum of money to better than 95% of the population.

[Rosemary2205]

8. Oh come on

please tell me are aren't seriously comparing POTUS to someone who shuffles papers in a cube or changes the tires on cars.

[Clovis Sangrail]

26. no, that's NOT what I'm doing

I'm saying $400,000/year is NOT a "pittance".

As of 2006 only 5% of households in the US make over $174k/year.
http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032007/hhinc/new05_000.htm
The VAST majority of people who the POTUS represents will NEVER see anything even close to that salary.

$400,000/year is only a "pittance" when compared with the modern day robber barons.

[Rosemary2205]

29. I respectfully disagree.

Given the job description I WOULD call $400,000 a pittance. Obviously, if that was really all a POTUS could make in that job we would not have too many people even marginally qualified applying.

One simply cannot compare the salary of POTUS to that of the "average" American. It's just not a valid comparison. IMHO.

[Clovis Sangrail]

31. it has nothing to do with the job description

pit·tance –noun
1. a small amount or share.
2. a small allowance or sum, as of money for living expenses.
3. a scanty income or remuneration..

Regardless of if you think $400,000/year is too little or too much for the job, it is NOT a pittance.

As for qualified candidates.. we do have a dearth of those.
However, the idea that the people that become presidents could have gone elsewhere and made huge salaries is a myth.
With few exceptions the people we get even as candidates aren't "captains of industry" or capable of being such.
Their only path to those sort of nosebleed incomes is through politics.

They're generally lawyers who are more or less civic minded and found they are particularly good at public relations.

[bhikkhu]

32. Now you have me wondering, particularly about * now....

Does the president have to buy his own presidential suits and ties? Is there a tailor on the people's tab? Ties in particular...they cost a fortune and a president has to have quite a few of the best quality.

Is there a rental fee for the use of the White House, subtracted from his wages? And food...does the president get to order whatever he wants from the kitchen, night or day? Are there well-stocked mini-bars in the private rooms?

[Penndems]

17. Ninety-five percent of the population hasn't been President of the United States.

n/t

[Clovis Sangrail]

28. so we should base the salary on how many people have held the job?

Keep in mind that I only pointed out that it's asinine to call $400,000 / year a 'pittance'.

[Maddy McCall]

6. Compare it to lawyers in private practice, CEOs, business executives....

He could have made much more money as a private citizen.

[Clovis Sangrail]

33. you may be right... that doesn't make $400,000 a 'pittance' /nt

[earthside]

7. No Jimmy and Roselyn Carter They

Some former presidents use their special privilege to better humanity.

Some go out and make a hundred million dollars.

But no matter how many untruths and exaggerations and smears and undercutting the Democratic Party ... nothing is new for the Clinton(s).

Old Hill can do no wrong, can never engage in any hypocrisy.

The Clinton(s) campaign is now like watching a slow motion train wreck.

It's getting sad.

[intheozone]

24. You don't know what you are talking about. Do some research on the

charitable work Bill Clinton has done since leaving the White House. He has done as much as Jimmy Carter, he just hasn't had as long to do it. Please educate yourself some before making assumptions like those stated in your post so as not to sound so stupid and uninformed!

[JuniperLea]

11. That's how it works... it has always been so...

Presidents make a fraction of what they could make in the private sector, knowing full well when their term is up, they will have many opportunities to make up for it.

[Penndems]

16. Because he's in demand, that's why

Here's a list of groups he's spoken in front of:

http://www.salon.com/news/primary_sources/2007/10/11/clinton/index1.html

[Citizen Kang]

3. Didn't read the link

Besides that, there is $18 million unaccounted for.

[The_Casual_Observer]

9. Some kind of half ass Elliot Ness?

[DemsUnited]

10. About 15 million is probably the line 17 partnership income

which mostly comes from Yupaica (big source of Clinton embarrassments)

There's the $400K from InfoUSA (under SEC investigation and another source of embarrassment)

Rest is probably interest, dividend & capital gain.

[mrJJ]

30. InfoUsa

The 100,000 shares of InfoUsa shares were gratis for services rendered. InfoUsa is also the company that Hillary rented her donor list to last year. If I'm not mistaken 2006 financials showed those shares of InfoUsa stock at being over $1000 too lazy to look it up again too many damn pages to wade through.

Hillary Clinton (D-NY) - 2006 Politician Profile Net Worth: From $10,360,009 to $51,021,998 Ranks 9th among all members of the Senate.

Assets: 10 totaling $10,460,009 to $51,052,000. Liabilities: 2 totaling $30,002 to $100,000.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?txtName=clinton

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00000019&year=2006

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?capcode=h3mpd&CID=N00000019&submit=Submit

[MethuenProgressive]

12. Bill and Hillary Clinton gave over Ten Million Dollars to charity!

That's wonderful!!

[jordi_fanclub]

14. You mean... to their OWN "charity"...

The Clintons donated $10,256,741 to the CFF between 2000 & 2006.

In 2005 and before:
Bill Clinton was the CFF president,
Hillary the secretary/treasurer, and
Chelsea was a director.

In 2006 Gloria Clinton was the CEO.

[Changenow]

18. who is gloria clinton? nt

[Penndems]

20. That article is from townhall.com

To the best of my knowledge, Gloria Clinton doesn't exist.

[Hepburn]

22. So they paid someone who does not exist the sum of...

...$250K+ during the 2006 tax year?

[Penndems]

23. I worked in the Clinton White House, and I've never HEARD of Gloria Clinton

and I sure as hell don't get my news from townhall.com!

[onenote]

34. ahh, more evidence that DU is attracting Morans: the "Gloria" clinton foundation

is completely separate from, unrelated to, etc etc. the Hillary/Bill foundation

I know it will come as a shock to you that there might be two families named clinton who aren't related to each other and both happen to have charitable foundations, but it happens to be true.

Read all about it here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5390713&mesg_id=5391101

[doc03]

13. Tips n/t

[apocalypsehow]

15. I'm afraid all you'll get from the HRC boosters is spin, dishonesty, & flames. They consider such

straightforward questions to be beneath them, just like their candidate.

[Auntie Bush]

19. I can't help you obtain an education.

You'll have to find that out all by yourself. Maybe if you stop eating long enough to Google or read DU you'd find the answer. Get going!

[greguganus]

21. Bill's a high class call boy. n/t

[quantass]

25. lol

[kevinmc]

27. mysterious $18 million ... that's the down payment deal, like how Cheney did Halliburton ..n/t

[totodeinhere]

35. I suspect that that's only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to their shady dealings.

[Yurovsky]

36. The Clintons are a subsidiary of the United Arab Emirates...

I would surmise that the money came primarily from oil and natural gas.

[babylonsister]

37. I want to say 'ouch' but that doesn't ring true. nt

[OzarkDem]

38. More Obama "math"?

:eyes: