Posted on 02/10/2008 8:06:41 AM PST by crazyshrink
Clinton does file annual financial disclosure forms in connection with her job at the US Senate, but they are far less detailed than a joint tax return.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/congress/fin_dis/2006/c001041.pdf
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Clinton does file annual financial disclosure forms in connection with her job at the US Senate, but they are far less detailed than a joint tax return.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/congress/fin_dis/2006/c001041.pdf
Most everything says “Spouse” next to it, even her book. Slick Willie was pimpin’ her book for her too?
I don’t think her tax return would tell you much. I just want to know where she got the money. Did she borrow it from Bill? If so, that raises the question of whether Bill is violating the contribution limit.
I am more concerned as to whether this is just a continuation of the Clinton’s bankrolling their campaigns (and themselves) with foreign monies like they did with Chinese money.
Half of Bill’s earnings are her’s anyway. This seems like a “slick” way to launder foreign money directly into the campaign.
http://washingtontimes.com/article/20080208/NATION/942016032
Posting her tax return can do several things. It can bring “sunshine” to their finances. It open’s up these finances for everyone to see, including the one’s who gave money to the Clinton’s.
If there would be a DISCREPANCY of some kind, it would then be more likely become a problem for someone.
I don’t know much about New York marital law, but I doubt that 1/2 of his earnings belong to her. I don’t think NY is a community property law state.
You can be certain that Bill got a lot of their money from foreign interests, but there is no way you would ever prove that this particular $5 mill came from any particular overseas source. They aren’t that stupid.
Still, I am convinced that there is more here than what meets the eye. When they asked her where she got the money, she stated very emphatically that she got it “from my money.” She protests to much. I think that’s probably a half truth, and that there is an argument to be made here that this loan is illegal.
This is particularly so in light of the fact that the internet is teeming with speculation, and she’s said nothing to dispel the questions.
It would not tell you what you need to know. It would only tell you what their total income is, how much is from investment, how much for services, and what kinds of deductions they take. It would not tell you where the income came from. I suppose that if they supplied the W-2s and 1099s, it might tell you who paid it to them, but probably not why. And foreign companies probably would not even provide a W-2 or 1099.
I am not a tax accountant. Isn’t there a seperate designated area on the general form listing foreign income and a separate form requiring the detailed listings of this income? just asking
Anyway, we all know that Hillary is an expert investor. There should be no doubt she had invested in wheat futures about 8 months ago at $5/bushel. Today they are about $10/bu. Explains it all.
$5 bushel profit X 1 million bushels = $5 million dollars.
US annual wheat production is just under 3 billion bushels so no problem here.
Obama should DEMAND that she release their TAS FORMS!!! WHERE did the 5 MILLION DOLAARS that she "loaned" to her campaign come from?????
Taxes on World Wide Income
U.S. Permanent Residents (green card holders) as well as U.S. Citizens must report each year their income earned anywhere in the world. That means your U.S. income tax return must include:
Foreign dividends
Rental Income Earned Abroad
Foreign pension income
Foreign capital gains or losses on stocks, bonds, real estate
Foreign royalties
All other foreign income
http://www.taxmeless.com/page4.html
Yeah, but if you file a tax return, you know that all it does is list the amount you rec’d in that year. What good is that info?
It is the sunshine law thing again. And only 1 year i9s better than none.
Anyways, the main point is to determine how much domestic and foreign income the clinton’s rec’d.
Based on this info, does the “loan” fit within the reported income figures of what she earned in the US (she claims its her $) or does it require the “loaning from Bill” of additional funds?
If it requires funds from Bill, then she has lied, and obviously Bill’s income must then be scrutinized further. Since she is a public servant, the term’s of any loans should be public and clearly stated.
I think the answer is clear as to what we think the “truth” is here. I wish I knew where the loan was recorderd.
She’s counting on the assumption that you can’t figure out whether it’s Bill’s money or hers, or where the two of them got it. I would be shocked if the money were traceable to any particular source. Money is fungible. A dollar that’s in your bank account could have been from any one of a hundred sources that you made deposits into the account from. They would be fools to use money that is easily traced to Bill’s Dubai employer.
About the best you can do, I suspect, is trace it to Bill, but even that would probably be difficult. If you could do it, though, I suspect that you could make an argument that this is a violation of the campaign finance laws. Bill can’t give her campaign $5 million. The Supreme Court has ruled that a candidate has the right to make unlimited contributions to his own campaign, but I don’t think the Court said that your spouse could do so as well. That’s why she covered her butt and called it a “loan.” Anyone can “loan” money to her campaign, in any amount. They just can’t give it to her campaign.
Of course, even a loan might be problematic, if it’s really a contribution disguised as a loan, and I think there are ways you could make that argument. Are there loan documents? Security? Are they charging interest? What if she doesn’t repay it?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1928151/posts
Clinton Library Sells Secret Donor List [to InfoUSA & Vinod Gupta !!!]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1766672/posts
FR EXCLUSIVE - CNN hires Clinton-controlled Opinion Research Corp. for 2008 Presidential Polling
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920213/posts
Huma Abedin & Hillary Clinton flown to Aspen & wined and dined by infoUSA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866953/posts
CNN pollster Vinod Gupta donates thousands more to Hillary Clinton
Very true, but do we actually know whether they file jointly or do two seperate returns?
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