In the US, people respect the tax regulations just like the criminal code. That is why, data in tax declarations is accurate information on the income of citizens and officials. It is impossible to make one member of your family an owner of your house or yacht as the family is carefully monitored. Due to this, Americans have a chance to compare the incomes of the most popular presidential families: Barack and Michelle Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton. According to the declaration, the Obamas’ total income varies from $1.9 million to $6.9 million. In the US, officials may not give the exact data but provide the information on the biggest and smallest income. Nevertheless, the size of assets and liabilities is also taken into account. Thus, the president of the world’s largest economy is not very rich. Moreover, according to the data, he lives worse than the governor of the Samara region in Russia. At the same time, the main candidate for the presidency Hillary Clinton and her husband earned $25 million totally through public appearance. For the publication of her memoir Hard Choices Hillary Clinton was paid $5 million. Thus, the idea that it is not so bad to be a former United States Secretary of State was proved once again. Such people have more free time and get money for every public appearance.
