Friday, May 15, 2015

Clintons earned more than $25 million for speeches since 2014

The Hill reports:
Bill and Hillary Clinton have made more than $25 million in speaking fees since the start of 2014, The Hill has confirmed.

Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, filed a financial disclosure report to the Federal Election Commission on Friday detailing the earnings. The figures come from that report, which was reported on by multiple publications before being released publicly and was confirmed by a Clinton spokesman.

Those speaking fees came from around 100 speeches since 2014. Hillary Clinton also made $5 million or more from her book, “Hard Choices,” during the same time period.

The Clintons’ effective tax rate in 2014 was over 30 percent, according to Bloomberg, and the couple did not have any capital gains on their investments.
Only 30%. Are the Clintons paying their fair share?