W3MIV
02-25-2008, 01:47 PM
Why do the Clintons continue to resist making their tax returns public? Could it be the obscene amounts of money that old political flames continue to pay Bill for giving a talk? Could it be that the REAL financial details of the Clinton Foundation will prove more than merely embarrassing? (We now know from experience how utterly resistant Bill is to ordinary embarrassment than others would experience at even a fraction of the seamy revelations he has shaken off like a Chesapeake on a duck hunt.)
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120372896079287443.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Pol icy
The 1040 form also would show how much taxes the Clintons pay annually and whether they are paying at the standard rate or have used various deductions and shelters to lower their Internal Revenue Service bill.
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Mrs. Clinton's latest Senate disclosure form, filed last May, indicates that the Clintons' 2006 income was as much as $12 million. More than $10 million of that came from speeches the former president made to groups around the world, at up to $450,000 an appearance. In the first half of last year, Mr. Clinton earned an additional $5.8 million from speeches, according to Mrs. Clinton's presidential disclosure form filed in June.
Not a bad income for a senator and a retired president, huh? Imagine, almost a half-million bucks for a half-hour speech! What could Bill tell anyone that is worth such money? Is it not fair to assume these honoraria are little more than pay-offs? Or should we presume that giving out the secets of how to rent the Lincoln Bedroom for the maximum private and personal return is worth such a premium?
P. T. Barnum would blush with a mixture of envy and admiration.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120372896079287443.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Pol icy
The 1040 form also would show how much taxes the Clintons pay annually and whether they are paying at the standard rate or have used various deductions and shelters to lower their Internal Revenue Service bill.
...
Mrs. Clinton's latest Senate disclosure form, filed last May, indicates that the Clintons' 2006 income was as much as $12 million. More than $10 million of that came from speeches the former president made to groups around the world, at up to $450,000 an appearance. In the first half of last year, Mr. Clinton earned an additional $5.8 million from speeches, according to Mrs. Clinton's presidential disclosure form filed in June.
Not a bad income for a senator and a retired president, huh? Imagine, almost a half-million bucks for a half-hour speech! What could Bill tell anyone that is worth such money? Is it not fair to assume these honoraria are little more than pay-offs? Or should we presume that giving out the secets of how to rent the Lincoln Bedroom for the maximum private and personal return is worth such a premium?
P. T. Barnum would blush with a mixture of envy and admiration.