Obama says you’ve made enough money. Easy for him to say when his income last year looked like this:
In a stump speech in Quincy, Illinois, President Obama suggested that “I do think at a certain point you’ve made enough money.” Video here.
Obama made almost $5.5 million last year, most of which came from book royalties according to his tax return.
This comes on top of the other millions of dollars Obama received in previous years. The fact that Obama has been in the public spotlight as a politician has undoubtedly had an impact on the royalties of his two books as well. Go ahead and compare Obama’s 2009 income with other presidents here.
And let’s not forget that while Obama stepped up his charitable giving this year, he was noted to have given very little to charity:
So when the president lectures about who’s earned enough, let’s keep in mind what he himself did in practice.
