Barack Obama's Tax Returns Released

Barack Obama and his wife Michelle have publically released their tax returns for the last several years.  Obama is now calling for his rival, Hillary Clinton , to do the same. 

A closer look at the Obama tax returns shows that the Senator's family had total income of just under a million dollars last year -- mostly from royalties from Obama's two books.  Before 2005, the Obama's had a much more modest duel income of about $200,000.

Barack Obama's challenge to Hillary Clinton is genius.  The Clinton's make A LOT more money than that, and in direct comparison the Clinton's will look very rich to most Americans.

Here's a great summary of the figures :