Clintons Report $109 Million in Income Over 8 Years
The Clintons report $109 million in income between 2000 and 2007. (AP Photo)
It’s good to be the Clintons.
On the same day that she proposed creating a cabinet-level position devoted to ending poverty, Hillary Clinton and her husband reported earning more than $109 million over eight years in newly released tax data.
Hillary and Bill Clinton paid $33.8 million in federal taxes from 2000 through 2007. They listed $10.25 million in charitable contributions during that period.
The total income reported in that period was $109.2 million, with the most money — $51.9 million — coming from Bill Clinton’s speech income. Earnings from his two books — “My Life ” and “Giving” — totaled $29.6 million.
Hillary Clinton had $10.5 million in income from her book “Living History.” She donated earnings from her other book, “It Takes a Village,” to charity. Plus she earned about $1 million through her Senate salary and her husband earned a little over $1 million through his presidential pension.
They reported their after-tax earnings at $57.2 million.
“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,” the Clinton campaign said in a statement.
The campaign released tax returns from 2000 through 2006 and gave highlights from their 2007 return. The Clintons have asked for an extension for filing their 2007 tax returns, citing the dissolution of a blind trust last year.
Clinton had been under mounting pressure to release the tax returns, especially from rival Barack Obama, who posted his 2000 to 2006 returns on his campaign Web site last week.
Barack and Michelle Obama’s income was significantly less than the Clintons’. They earned close to $1 million in 2006, according to their returns.
The itemized earnings the Clinton campaign provided in its summary only added up to $94 million, leaving $15 million unaccounted for.
But that difference can probably be located in practically one source. Besides speeches and books, Bill Clinton’s biggest single business income is from his partnership with Yucaipa Global Opportunities Fund, a Los Angeles-based investment firm founded by longtime Clinton fundraiser Ron Burkle. Between 2003 and 2006, the returns show total Yucaipa partnership income of $12.5 million. The 2007 summary provided by the campaign lists $2.75 million in partnership income.
President Clinton also has been an adviser to InfoUSA, a data company whose chief executive, Vinod Gupta, has been a major donor to Democrats and gave at least $1 million to Bill Clinton’s presidential library in Arkansas. Clinton received $400,000 in payments from the company in 2006 and 2007, according to the documents.
The Clintons last made their returns public in 2000 when they reported an adjusted gross income of $416,039. Since then, the former president has embarked on a number of business ventures and has made millions from speaking engagements.
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.
Neither Obama nor Republican Sen. John McCain have made their 2007 tax returns public, though both say they will this month.
Clinton said earlier Friday in Memphis, as she spoke in memory of Martin Luther King Jr., that she would appoint a cabinet-level position “fully devoted to ending poverty as we know it in America.”
Kate Obenshain, of the conservative Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, told FOX News: “There is an irony of putting this out on the day that you announce a cabinet-level position for poverty czar.”
But she said Republicans likely wouldn’t criticize her just for making money.
Democratic strategist Kirsten Powers said the tax returns do not conflict at all with Clinton’s statements on poverty.
“I reject the idea that there’s some sort of conflict between people who make a lot of money actually caring about the poor,” she said.
Click here to see the Clintons’ tax returns.
Click here to see a breakdown of the 2000-2006 returns.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Got to love those “public servants”.
Wow…Now she can pay for her campaign bills…
Slow news day????
WHO CARES?
WTF??? Where did all this money come from?
Poor babies.
typical democrate, never enough money for them while taking from the poor. I guess selling america’s secrets did pay off.
I have no doubt that while the Clinton’s complain about the wealthy not paying enough taxes, the placed their own wealth in investment vehicles designed to avoid the very taxes they wish to raise on others.
- Publicus
WGAS why is this breaking news?
I applaud–Good for them!
Hey Hill, How does that AMT feel now?
WOW!!!
and you wonder why people want to get into politics.
So much for doing it for love of country
What an enterprise.
How much more would they have had if they invested in some more cattle futures?
it’s all about the money and the power
She can bail plenty of people out of foreclosure with that kind of money.
Wheeler Dealers
So they have done pretty well during the Bush administration! So much for the “worst economy since the depression” that they always talk about. But what I really want to know is what percentage they gave to charity. Something tells me they don’t tithe their 10 percent???? They want to fix the world with OPM (Other Peoples Money) rather than put their money to work to help the disadvantaged.
Who cares what their income was. 109 million over 7 years for them does not seem high anyway. Good for them for being educated and successful. Of course I hope she does not become President.
Why is this an issue? Most people running for president are millionares. Mccain’s wife is worth about $100 million, so what!!!! Unless a candidate had some illegal income, who cares?
How much in taxes did they pay??? Did Hillary and Bill benefit from the so-called tax cuts for the rich?
And they should earn that kind of money as they represent all that is good about politics.
carpet baggers from the south. And they say money is not corrupting Washington!! Our founding fathers would be in revolt once again with the way things are running in this country. We the voters need to vote against every sitting politician and keep doing so until they understand the blood of of sons and daughters is far more precious than they treat it
I am nearly speechless hearing this. Not long ago I listened to Hillary blasting the rich and the obscene profits of Wall Street and oil company types. What did they possibly contribute of value to get such a humongous income?
And I was taught that crime doesn’t pay!
Baloney here is the proof!
How about the previous 7?
I guess grifting can make one rich.
I don’t resent them earning lots of money. They deserve it as they are bright people who know how to use their fame and notoriety to market themselves to earn big checks. What I do resent about them is their attitude towards the less fortunate. They view us as provincial lower level people. By liying on a regular basis to the american people Hillary projects a superior sense of existance over those of us who, by acting honorable and honestly, are left behind in this scummy political world.
She should take her money and retire in Afghanistan, I hear the wheather is nice there this time of the year.
Im sure most of it was recieved by bv bribes and/or other non-reputable means. They are crooks, America! When are we all going to wake up? The two of them are joke and an embarassment for us to the rest of the world. If you havn’t yet, please read the “Clinton Chronicles”. It will really open your mind to what kind of people they really are. Oh my God…I got to go….sniper fire!!!!!!!
And yet they believe they can be in touch with the common person, you know, the ones who bring in $30k/year. How can they ever be in touch?
15.5 mil a year and Billary is going to help the poor and downtrodden. Only a liberal would believe that. Folks, they help themselves and only a fool would believe different.
How do you make that much money as a public servant and not own a business?
Wow, they seem very in-touch with the needs of “average” Americans.
Wow! That means they actually made over $218 million.
Any person reporting income of over 100 million dollars over a 7 year period doesnt understand my problems or the problems of most in AMerica.
How much was from the Chinese Military? I guess we finally know how much the security of the United States is worth now! I wonder how much it will cost US to get it back?
that much money and they were stealing China from the White House when Bill left his term in office?
So if you think the post presidency is for sale, just wait and see what happens if she gets back in the White House.
Hmmm. Released late afternoon on a Friday. That can’t be good, must be something in there they hope they can spin away over the weekend. They would be wrong…again. Let the dig begin.
Why is this such a big deal? There are many people that make over that amount. I feel that they have earned every penny. The normal person would not have stood up to all of the negative media attention and conservative witch hunts. I say good for them!
Is this a great country or what?!! Don’t know what the Clintons’ are complainin’ about! Maybe Hillary wants the presidency so she can make the $$$ her husband has been able to since he left office.
And politicians wonder why the average person cant relate to them. 109 million for the Clintons, Romney is a multi-millionaire, McCains wife is worth 100 million. Politics isnt about service anymore, it is about self-glorification. I dont know the finances of Obama and the others but if there is anybody not a millionaire I’d be suprised.
Well I’m jealous!!!
Not too bad for a poor boy from Hope or is it Hot Springs AK. To make that kind of money shows that Democrat Politicians who never ran a business in their life can get rich off the people they claim to serve. I am sure the press will spin it in a way that shows they are only making millions of dollars to help the poor.
Does that include Whitewater????
I wonder if there are any morons still around who are going to make donations to Hill’s campaign. Seems as though she should finance it herself. AND, she should write off the 5 mil that she loaned her campaign–instead of expecting to be reimbursed WITH INTEREST.
When is the American public going to wake up? The people in politics are there to make tons of money, not to make our nation better.
What a crook… And soon we might have her as President…
Apparently the Bush economy has been very good for the Clinton’s. I guess they bash Bush because well, they care about other people. Two of the biggest scumbags on the face of the Earth.
Once again - perfect Clintonian timing, just right to distract from the Mark Penn controversy.
ok…i guess thats what the market will bear…its a disgusting number…but…most importantly, I want to know how much they gave away…if she is pandering to the middle/working/lower wage earners and is so “for the poor” - how much did she give away? If it’s a dime less than $10million in those same 7 years…she should be ashamed.
So basically Bill and Hillary are in the same tax bracket that I am in and I make less than 75k a year.
So, explain to me again why this even matters and what this has to do with their platform policies????? I mean, seriously, what does what they made and how much they paid in taxes have to do with her possibly becoming president?
So what! They are allowed to make money.
Gee, they are the elitest rich they say they dispise. I am so suprised. NOT.
And she still wears those pant suits?
Rich is a state of mind? No just these two do not live up to their talk….how much went to help the people that need it….Bill Gates and Warren Buffet does….but the Clintons are all in it for themselves.
Holy Moly! This will definitely sink Clinton’s campaign.
So..Like Dick C said. People make million more then they made. If this is legal earned money then kudos to them. I wish I could make that kind of money.
Yep, lets raise taxes, it won’t hurt us and let the poor and middle class vote for us to make us only richer and as you know we won’t have to deal with any of it because we are too far above the rest of the common man, and oh yes lets complain how the other party is for the rich only, guess the Clintons will have to vote republican?
White trailer trash to millionaires in 7 years, ONLY IN AMERICA ! We need another 4 or 8 years of that act like we need rev. wright or his student sen. obama. GOD HELP US ALL .
Then why does she want a job that pays 400K a year?
It always makes me weary of people with millions of TAX rebates who speak of a social economic divide. What do they themselfs do to help the situation? They don’t. All talk, and they want to use everyones money but their own. Shame on the Democrats like Clinton and Edwards who speak so much on the issue, yet do so little.
I thought the rich aren’t being taxed fairly!!
Seems like the Clinton’s pay a third of the income.
And they understand what we are all going through….:)
Finally! Now I KNOW they understand the average working American and the personal dilemas we are faced wtih on a day to day basis.
How does that compare with the oil companies earning billions in one year? Seems to me that the Clinton’s earn a WHOLE lot more than an oil company.
extremely terrible
Yeah, she really understands the everage person…what a farse!
Hillary, GO AWAY!!
Wow, that much money and she has a lower tax rate than me…
Can’t wait to see the “write-offs”
Wow that’s only 15.57 million a year!!!!! From?
Wow! How much did they give back to charity?!
So you can make money by selling your soul. Good job Bill and Hillary! How many nights do I get in Lincoln’s bedroom?
Must be nice, wish I had their money problems!
Funny how you just knew this would come out on a Friday aftenoon. They seem to have done very well for themselves since leaving Washington. No surprise there.
WOW. I had no idea the Clintons were this RICH $$ And people really think they care about the poor or middle class?? Come on! All they care about is the Money!!!$$$
I just want to say “how refreshing it was to listen to MYWorld Cavuto and hear Neil…. cut off the nasty comments a guest was making regarding Hillary Clintons tax returns!” This commentator is a great reporter” Thank you for having him stick to facts not add to the slamming war!
Doing what? That’s a lot of ’speaking engagements.’
This is hilarious. Just goes to show how corrupt the Billary family has been over the past 7 years. I hope this is the end of her campaign. Can anyone say “earmarks.” They are more corrupt than the Bush family. See ya later Hillary. Thank god you will be out of this race soon.
Perfect timing to negate penn news .
Bunch of phonies! I feel their pain….
i guess they can’t really claim that the economy is a bust
No wonder why Hillary did not want to release their tax returns. Seams amazing that she preaches about saving the “little people”, but Bill accepted a presidential retirement and Hillary accepted a Senator salary instead of both turning the tax payer money down.
It’s kind of hard to relate to the current poor, when you are averaging $15,000,000 over each of the last seven years. But I’m sure the Clinton’s will put a spin on it along with the other liberals. I wonder if the are willing to give away the majority of their wealth to the poor.
Whoa. Frist?
Amazing that someone like our impeached President WJ Clinton who is utterly devoid of any moral ethics or integrity could earn that much. Sure sounds like a payoff to me.
I don’t want to hear about how they understand the working family anymore. They are both full of it!
Yup, they certainly are just a couple of “ordinary people” who know the pain of the “little guy”.
Good for them!
I am no Clinton supporter, but if they made the money honesty and paid their taxes, what more can we ask for?
What did they give in charitable contirbutions over the same period?
From a conservative - the amount is no problem. The problem is that $109 million over 7 years is a lot of money for someone who thinks anyone who has money is evil. (Notice that the Bible says “the love of money” (not money) is the root of all kinds of evil.)
Who says public service doesn’t pay? These shysters had nothing before they went to Washington “to serve the working man”, now it is obvious that they went to Washington just to serve themselves.
Bologna !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hillary Clinton…. More like Billary Clinton. Get it?
I believe I am one of the last people in this world to support Hillary Clinton in any way, but without scrutinizing the specifics of the Clinton’s tax return, anyone who actually pays $34M in taxes on $109M in income gains at least a glimmer of respect.
i thought they were for the middle class? since when does $109,000,000 come close to middle class?
Jumping Whitewaters! That amount of money would give 259 people an income of $60,000 for 7 years.
Vote for Hillary people, I am so waiting for the redistribution of their wealth under her mighty socialist rule. It will be great folks.
Can you imagine how rich they’d be as greedy, money grubbing republicans?
Why don’t the Clinton’s give a greater share of their wealth to the poor who they claim to want to help? Or the Middle Class for that matter.
It is so easy for Hillary to push for Universal Healthcare. Why, because she can hire her own 24/7 personal Doctor! Hillary and Obama will never see the effects of what they propose. They don’t have to worry about money! They won’t personally see the long lines, poor facilities, and our healhcare system in general go down the drain. Come on Hillary and Barack, your charitable donations over the last several years is pitiful in my book. I know people that make 1/20 of what you make and still give more!
Worse case scenerio: Hillary or Obama get elected. There Universal Healthcare plan still has to go through the House and Senate. I would hope even a Democrat majority Congress would turn this bad idea down.
What would the Clintons know about proverty and lower class and middle class with an income like that? Hillary Clilnton accepted $700,000 from Bluecross and Blueshield to stop her medical care attack against insurance companies, so she can be bought off. Hillary Clinton cannot do anything for the American people’s needs of healthcare, we can’t afford to buy her.
……….And the bloodthirsty media will jump all over it and make it into something, because they are not content to report the news anymore, they prefer to manipulate it. The media thinks they know best who our next President should be. Personally, I cringe with embarrassment as some of these media guys get all hot and bothered by Obama. It is weird to see grown men behave like pubescent boys with their first crush. It has become so strange I am compelled to change the channel whenever one of these guys starts to launch into their thinly veiled true love confession.
Big money, how did they make it.
I say good for them! They both have written great books and Bill has made numerous paid appearances. Before anyone jumps up and down, I believe all ex-presidents have done this also.
As long as they pay their taxes like everyone else, no one (i.e.- Obama campaign) should be pointing fingers.
Obama’s camp should keep a low profile. It seems that Rezko and the other corrupt IL politicians / businessmen are all connected to Obama.
She just spent it all in a lost cause
Obama it is!
109 million to Obama 1 million and FOX said Obama has had a really good year. OH WOW. Hillary is part of the elite rich and cannot relate to me. That is Why I will vote for Obama. He knows what it is to struggle and try to survive in this one sided America where the rich just keep on getting rich and the greedy just keep on taking. The working class people just don’t have a chance. What do people really need with all that money. Why isn’t there something done for working class people like myself. I have a masters degree in Education and only make 50,000 a year. That is a damn shame. That’s why Rev. Wright said GOD damn America cause the government does not care about it’s people. It is just not fair that THE ELITE make millions of dollars every year and I work like a damn dog, everyday, trying to bust my butt to make these kids in America smarter, and I can barely pay bills. Making American kids smarter is also a whole new story. If people really knew what we as teachers deal with on a day to day basis. It is just outreagous the obstacles that are before us. Education is in the dumps.
wow!!! 109m imn 7 years!!!! 1.3 million/month…how much of it is makes by mr. clinton from corporations that he helped winning foreign bids…
what are they selling?
So…..Which candidate is not rich?
OH MY GOD ! are you kidding me here….No wonder why they did not want to release the infomation……..OH MY GOD ! and she what, feels the need to be president.????? Can we have some poor sob in the race to REALLY KNOW what we the basic poor people feel…..OH MY GOD……SHE JUST LOST MY VOTE…………….Why is it that only the wealthy can run for office? How sad of a country we have become….Poor people and middle class know what its like…these rich fat cats DON”T and NEVER will. WHo is she kidding. Now can the Clintons tell us just how they got all this money????????? I know of a few countries they are oh so friendly with…….If she was to win would she not have to give up her and Bill’s interest in ALL foreign countries ??????? Can Hill and Bill answer that………….God they are some people…..They both need to go retire with their millions while alot of kids are being tucked into bed HUNGRY….Shame on these two…….
the middleeast oil connection exposed
109 million? Well, under Hillary or Obama plans they’ll need that money to pay for their taxes!
Does anyone remember when the Clintons first came into office? They were constantly talking bad about the greed and excesses of the 80’s and of course the greedy rich Republicans. I think their net worth was around $2 million.
Nothing like understanding the middle class american family.
I see nothing wrong with earning money–no matter the amount–as long as it’s done legally! More power to her–that’s the American and Republican way! I do think she should voluntarily give up about 90% of it, back to the government–because I think that’s the tax bracket they would have preferred that other “Rich folk” fall under.
It’s easy to be a champion of the poor when you’re raking in this kind of mula. How can she bad mouth those “evil big companies” and the “rich” ( a euphemism for those with a family income over $75,000) when she’s stuffing her pockets with $$$$$$$$.