$109 million over 7 years, and the Clintons still haven’t released their tax returns from last year.
This raises tons of questions. First, how much money is enough? With all the money they made on books fees trading off their political celebrity, why did Clinton have to push the envelope with so many speeches? What favors does he “owe” follwing these payments?
Also, what about the $15 million Bill Clinton earned advising Ron Burkle? Again, does he need to get mixed up in this stuff given how much money he was already making?
None of this even touches on contributions to the Clinton library and to Bill Clinton’s foundation.
Just like Rudy Giuliani, the Clintons have to answer for their business dealings. It’s one thing to cash in but it’s quite another to try for the Presidency AFTER cashing in.
Gotta disagree with you on most of this. The Clinton’s were faced with huge legal debts when they left the White House, due to the GOP witchhunts on Whitewater etc… I can perfectly understand their initial need to dig out of the hole and further I can understand their need to insulate themselves as much as possible by building their wealth.
The Ron Burkle stuff looks a little squirrely but that aside, if I were in the Clinton’s shoes I would have done the same thing
I have no problem with them making tons of money, but the question is how you do it. They made roughly $80 million through books and speeches.
The questions revolves around their potential return to the Presidency. The idea that some of Bill’s income sources won’t expect access or favors doesn’t hold up.
The system is dirty, and they play it better than most. If we had full disclosure I would feel better, but they are not fully vetted as Hillary claims in light of what has been going on over the past 8 years.