Did Jimmy Carter bank $109 Million after he left the Presidency?

[woolldog]

Anyone remember? :shrug:

[easy_b94]

1. NO!!! I don't even have to research that question

[jasmine621]

17. Jimmy Carter already had the money in the bank.

Oh, I forgot, he was a "poor" peanut farmer who only owned a couple of thousand acres.

[MonkeyFunk]

43. The truth is somewhere in between

When he went to the White House, his net worth was $811,892

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,947792-11,00.html


Not fantastically wealthy, but by no means poor in 1977. it'd be comparable to about $3,000,000 today - but most of that was equity in his farm and warehouse operations.

[DemVet]

33. Public speaking pays more than playing with your peanuts.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Hmmmmm. let's see... what DOES Habitat for Humanity pay?

[MNDemNY]

23. His books paid well I'm sure. They are good.

[Catherina]

3. Jimmy Carter didn't have a dishonest "partner" like Ron Burkle n/t

[MonkeyFunk]

4. How much did the Clintons make

from this "partnership"?

[blm]

9. Dubai royal dumped twenty million into Yucaipa to pay off Bill. Same $$ source that staked

a large share of BCCI. The same BCCI's outstanding matters were deep-sixed throughout the 90s by.............Bill Clinton.

I know....mere coincidence.

[MonkeyFunk]

12. The tax returns are released

why not answer the question instead of throwing out more baseless accusations?

[blm]

18. That deal went through a few months ago and wouldn't be in these forms.

And why do you claim the charges are baseless? Did Clinton not get twenty million from Yucaipa after Dubai gave Yucaipa the money?

Did Dubai NOT stake a large share of BCCI?

Did the BCCI matters handed to Bill when he took office receive accountability?

[LisaM]

5. Wasn't the Carter family fairly wealthy when Jimmy took office?

I thought they were pretty well off to begin with. In general you can't run for President if you are poor.

[woolldog]

10. The clintons weren't well off at all when Bill ran for pres in 92.

[LisaM]

22. But he was a sitting governor and she'd been a partner at a law firm

I don't think they were exceptionally poor, though they didn't have great wealth. There were 9 people running that year originally, IIRC. Most were not particularly wealthy. I remember Gore, Bruce Babbitt, Jerry Brown (I think he had family wealth), Paul Tsongas (ditto), Tom Harkin, Clinton, Gephardt, maybe Jesse Jackson, and one other.

The wealthiest candidates do tend to be Republicans, but of course, Kennedy and Kerry both came from wealthy families (aside from Teresa's wealth from the Heinz fortune, the Kerrys had money too).

[aquarius dawning]

6. He was lucky to get a job speaking at high school graduations after his piss poor performance

[movonne]

8. I guess you believe all the propaganda set out by the Reagan bunch..

[aquarius dawning]

11. were you even alive in the seventies? I was.The Carter economy was worse than the Bush economy.

and that's saying something there.

[knixphan]

32. and don't forget

Jimmy Carter time-traveled back to the 50's and overthrew Mossadegh, installing the puppet Shah.

[movonne]

34. Yes I was around in the Carter administration...and a couple before

him...and I think not Carter but Reagan was the wrost and now Bush has won the #1 spot...

[Orsino]

42. Perhaps for those who live indoors.

The Bushes, however, continued the policy of neglect of the Reagan homeless. Corporate media have simply done their best to render the homeless invisible, in ways that weren't possible in the Carter era.

[knixphan]

31. you beat me to it

[Forkboy]

13. Stay classy!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

14. Ah, I get it.

Jimmy Carter's dead to you now.

[aquarius dawning]

16. Who do you think was responsible for the "Reagan Democrats", Ronald Reagan?

Truth stings a little bit I guess but any American that remembers the Carter years knows that what I say is true. Carter was an embarassment to our party and our country. It wasn't until George Bush came along that he could even show his face in public again as there was finally a worse President than he. I don't make up reality, I just accept it.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

19. Themselves?

:shrug:

Personal responsibility anyone?

Frankly, I don't think anybody supporting Hillary Clinton has much business criticizing Jimmy Carter.

[aquarius dawning]

20. It's almost like talking to a schizophrenic what with the elaborate contructions Obama supporters

devise to avoid reality.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

21. You were one of them "Reagan democrats" right?

C'mon. Admit it.

[aquarius dawning]

26. I was in high school when Regan beat Carter and wasn't particularly political

But I was extremely liberal in retrospect.

[onenote]

39. FWIW, I supported Carter over Reagan, but Carter is a better ex president than he was president

That doesn't mean I didn't want him elected over Reagan, but frankly I would've preferred it if he had pulled an LBJ and not run for reelection.

Jimmy Carter is an admirable man. I have no idea how he has done financially since leaving office. I assume he's doing fine.

If I can turn the question around: Does it bother you that Al Gore has been doing quite well since leaving office and do you think that fact disqualifies him from seeking the presidency?

[blm]

7. Carter didn't deep-six BCCI matters for GHWBush, Jackson Stephens, Dubai and Saudi royals

Marc Rich, Adnan Kashoggi, and many other fascist operators did he?

[jefferson_dem]

15. Did he earn over $6 million in 2006 from foreign sources like ClintonInc did?

See p. 23 ---> http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/returns/2006.pdf

[MNDemNY]

24. Bringing money INTO the counrty is bad?

[jefferson_dem]

25. Who are you kidding? It was brought in to line the greasy pockets of Hillary and Bill.

Don't you wonder just a bit who these foreign sources are and what they just might expect in return if (per chance) she wins the POTUS? $6 million in one year! Just happened to be the year that Hillary announced she is running for POTUS. Hmmm...

[MNDemNY]

27. Enjoy your weekend!

[jefferson_dem]

29. You too.

I bet Wobegon is beautiful this time of year?

[MNDemNY]

36. It is, but ,alas, I am stuck in Manhattan.

[Texas Hill Country]

28. different times, but he makes a very tidy sum on his speeches now... more than Clinton

though he gives them less often because of his age.

[Hart2008]

30. How much did Jimmy Carter get paid to teach Sunday school?

Jimmy Carter went home while using the prestige of the office to do good in the world.

Habitat for Humanity and monitoring elections world wide.

Bill Clinton just sold out.

[Rosemary2205]

35. Saint Jimmy was kicked to the curb by the Dems

if he was a lesser man he'd have told the Dems to go play in traffic a long time ago. Instead he licked his wounds, let life and time lead him to something he cared passionately about and moved on with grace. Now that he's rebuilt his life he gets good speaking fees - former Pres is almost an afterthought.

In his own way, I think Saint Albert DID tell the Dems to go play in traffic. His wound licking period after being thrown under the train by the Dems did not last as long. Maybe him a Carter had a chat or two.

[TexasObserver]

37. No, Jimmy Carter has a soul.

[onenote]

40. so Al Gore doesn't have a soul?

He's done quite well financially since leaving office, through book deals, six figure speaking fees, and investments in companies like google and apple, among other things.

Does making money mean you don't have a soul?

[cornermouse]

38. They pay more now than they did back then.

Seriously. I don't think you can do an accurate comparison. Give it up.

[ecdab]

41. People need to relax a bit. What is so wrong about a former President

making some money by giving speeches? People love to here former Presidents talk. Bill choose to talk to them, I think I would do the same thing if I were in his shoes. Being the President for 8 years is a brutal thing, it nice that there was a financial reward there for Bill at the end of it.

I love Jimmy Carter, he's been one the greatest former Presidents ever. But he has made some nice amounts of cash as well based upon his time in service as the President. I doubt he has made as much as Bill has (though I have no data to back that up, and I really don't care if he has or hasn't )but not being Jimmy Carter isn't a crime. Folks need to let the idea that it is bad that Bill Clinton made money go. It's sounds silly and petty.