Biden releases decade of financial records

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Source: AP

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden and his wife on Friday released a decade of their personal financial records, showing a veteran U.S. senator who earned less than many of his congressional colleagues.

The Bidens' move is designed to pressure Republican vice presidential pick Sarah Palin to release her financial records.

Joe and Jill Biden earned $319,853 in 2007. Joe Biden reported $161,708 in income from the U.S. Senate and another $71,000 in royalties for his book, "Promises to Keep."

Jill Biden earned $66,546 at her job at Delaware Technical and Community College, where she teaches English.

Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gBhYEJWejryfFK_aE759VvlfLeeQD93599880

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Edit: Oh yeah ...
:applause::applause::applause:

[tekisui]

1. sarah? sarah?

[Ghost Dog]

5. Sarah's records will be full of lies and loopholes,

and her real income mostly 'in-kind' and 'under-the-table'.

Magnifying glasses at the ready...

[Juan_de_la_Dem]

2. Time to force their hand

[FirstLight]

3. You mean, he & his wife have raised their family, etc

...making less than 500K ...? wow, thst is so encouraging.


and Obama made how much before he started running for pres? did his books put him over the million mark? I bet he is still living like he makes a few hundred K a year...he certainly seems like no "millionare" I have ever seen...

and what does McGrampy make?

[hootinholler]

4. After 30+years in the Senate, Joe is ranked like 97 or 98 in wealth. n/t

[Ghost Dog]

6. A loser, see (repug spin). n/t

[Democat]

7. Obama wants to see if Palin committed tax fraud

Here is another article on the strategy behind this:

News reports from Alaska have said that Palin collected per diem travel payments even when she was at home, and the Obama-Biden campaign wants reporters to see if she paid taxes on it.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080912/pl_politico/13397

[karnac]

8. What IF she is poor?

Well, relatively speaking. What if she only made a 100k or less? quite possible. that would make here the POOREST Executive candidate in decades. A middle classer.


Still, it's worth the risk. It won't offset Mccains millions by much. I don't think he would want to bring it up anyways.

[Democat]

9. What if she is poor and committed tax fraud?

There are plenty of poor people in jail. I'm sure they won't mind if she joins them. :)

[JimDandy]

10. According to news articles, her Governor's salary alone was over 100K. N/t