Bernie will soon be "Bernie who?"

Oh... never mind, you said you wanted a book, not a pamphlet.

It came in at #3 on the NY Times bestseller list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Revolution_(book)]

Then they handed it out at "appearances" for which those paid big bucks to attend.

You see, an office holder can't get paid for appearances, so a third-party buys the books, charges attendees to get in, and gives a "free" book to everyone who buys a ticket.

And the person who can't get paid to appear winds up getting book royalties, which is legal.

Interesting

I've been challenged when I referred to hateful comments towards Senator Sanders and this thread is a perfect example.

Obama also made his first million off his book. That happened the first year he was president. He reported it on his IRS tax forms for 'self employment'. I loved reviewing his tax forms, learned how to do my own taxes from Obamas, Thanks Obama- you're the gift that keeps on giving

And he was able to use campaign funds too. Obama wrote his books before he ran for president.

I got a copy through Obamas campaign, nothing wrong with that. It's a great book too!

...several years was:

2008 $2.7M
2007 $4.1M
2006 $980K
2005 $1.6M
2004 $207K

This is all a matter of public record: https://www.taxnotes.com/presidential-tax-returns

He may have made his first million (or part of it) from a book, but it certainly wasn't during his first year as President. He'd already earned $9.4M in the five years before he became President.

If you learned to do your own taxes from the Obamas, and that was your takeaway, you'd better hope you don't get audited.

Incidentally, Obama wrote his first book in 1995, long before becoming president. That was "Dreams From My Father", for which he earned $6.8M.

His second book was in 2006, almost three years before becoming president. The next one in 2007, two years before he became President. The next one in 2008 - the year he ran for and was elected President.

in income taxes and donated another half a million. a ton of interest deductions! from mortgage & loans.

They didn't even finish paying off their student loans for another 7ish years.

I miss Obama so much, I can't wait until he starts to help this election!

I’m a straight man... person...for a punchline

Mostly asking the Bernie folk, of which there aren’t many here I realize.

I'm currently using them both to level out the legs on my sofa.