No Surprise - The Clinton's Are Rich

The Clinton's finally released their tax returns last Friday.  Now everyone who was making a big deal about their release can breathe and relax.  As I have written before, the Clinton's political opponents knew there was not going to be any smoking gun in the documents.  Everyone knew the Clinton's had made a lot of money since leaving the White House.  I think everyone was just curious to know how much money they made.  Well, the Clinton's did not disappoint because they have made over $109 million dollars since 2000. 

TaxProf has a nice breakdown of the Clinton's taxes by year.  They also include for comparison their previous chart on Obama's taxes.  I still don't believe politician's should have to disclose their tax returns to the public unless there is a law that mandates it.  The only thing that Obama, Clinton and soon McCain will have proved by releasing their financial information is that none of them are worried about saving for retirement. 

I know Obama supporters are going to say that Clinton is so rich how can she possibly relate to the blue-collar workers she supposedly fights for.  My reply to that is this - what politician can?  Obama, Clinton and McCain cannot relate to the millions of Americans who are living check to check.  The only thing that these politicians can do is offer the same old campaign promises that solve nothing.  It will take real courage and vision to make effective change in our nation.  Unfortunately, none of the remaining candidates have what it takes to get the job done.