Sanders: Obama's paid Wall Street speech 'distasteful'

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158. President Obama has donated over one million dollars when he was President

"Barack Obama gave away more than $1 million while he was President of the United States, more than half of which went to charities supporting children, according to a Forbes analysis of his tax returns from 2009 to 2015."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/02/06/obama-donated-over-1-million-to-charity-as-president-heres-where-the-money-went/#50dc5faf459e

President Obama donations to charity amount to about 15% of his income

Senators Sanders donation to charities amount to 5%.

In addition, President Obama will take his earnings for the speech as ordinary income, which thanks to President Obama's own policies, will include the .9% Medicare tax part of the ACA, and will be paying a marginal rate of 40% on that income. To the dismay of some it seems he will keep 60% for himself, of course based on his history of charitable giving, which some conveniently like to ignore, he will give some of that to charity.

This judgemental, and holier than though attitude that some have, is tiresome

There is nothing unethical, illegal, or immoral about this.

Perhaps those self-identified progressives who refused to vote for the Democratic nominee for President should reflect on the consequences of their actions, instead of how much someone gets paid for a speech.