But the Clinton campaign wants us to focus on the $44 million the Clintons paid in taxes, like they were doing it out of the goodness of their hearts.
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Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and her husband Bill have reported that their income was more than $139million between 2007 and 2014 – even allowing for a tremendous nosedive in 2008 when she lost to Barack Obama in the Democrat Presidential contest.
The Clintons in 2013 each gave a series of speeches that brought in income of about $22.85m. Marco Rubio’s plan would cut taxes for households making more than $3 million a year by nearly $240,000 – more than four times the earnings of a typical family.
According to Bardack, Clinton fainted after becoming dehydrated from a stomach virus and suffered a concussion during the fall.
Drawing a sharp distinction with Republican rivals in the pivotal election state of Florida, Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday called on the GOP-run Congress to end the trade embargo the U.S. has imposed on Cuba since 1962. The figures within them again put the spotlight on the considerable wealth of the couple, who have positioned themselves as crusaders for middle-income Americans and at various times have expressed public anxiety over a lack of cash flow – most famously when Clinton recalled being “dead broke” upon the conclusion of her husband’s presidency.
Friday’s release and prior releases of the Clintons’ income taxes since they entered public life in 1977, likely amounts to the most complete personal financial disclosure of any national political candidate.
Hillary and Bill Clinton paid $43,885,310 in federal taxes and made $14,959,450 in charitable contributions between 2007 and 2014.
In the letter to Congress, Inspector General Charles McCullough said that State Department Freedom of Information Act officials told the intelligence community IG that “there are potentially hundreds of classified emails within the approximately 30,000 provided by former Secretary Clinton”.
During the course of her treatment, Clinton was also found to have a blood clot and was given medication to dissolve it. She’s remains on the treatment as a precaution.
Friday’s emails show he was also involved in a 2009 speech Clinton was set to deliver in Berlin, and that he worked with State Department employees to help craft the speech.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks at the National Urban League’s conference in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on July 31, 2015. The couple’s effective federal tax rate was 35.7% a year ago.
The statement said Clinton takes thyroid medicine to correct her hypothyroidism, a common malady in which the body lacks sufficient thyroid hormone.
The Clintons’ donations to charity have been rising since the mid-2000s, according to the returns.
She had been forced to wear special glasses for a while to counteract double vision that resulted from the concussion.
Some will say that she is supporting President Obama’s foreign policy.
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Clinton has no known drug allergies, does not smoke, use tobacco products or illicit drugs and drinks occasionally. It added that she exercises regularly, including yoga, swimming, walking and weight training.
