Editing Jeb Bush (section)

== Tax Returns ==
Bush released 33 years worth of tax returns on June 30. In the returns, Bush reported a total income of 44.3 million dollars over those 33 years. He reported paying 14.9 million dollars in taxes in that time, which translates to a 34 percent tax rate. 
But a [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/30/jeb-bush-tax-returns-wall-street_n_7700964.html June 30 article in the Huffington Post] talks about how Bush's tax returns reveal very little about his connections to Wall Street:

"The Bush campaign voluntarily disclosed details about the candidate's speaking and consulting fees to select reporters, telling Bloomberg News that he earned $1.3 million a year from failed investment banking titan Lehman Brothers, and $2 million a year from British banking giant Barclays. Both firms have been embroiled in scandal since the 2008 financial crisis, with Lehman filing for bankruptcy and Barclays pleading guilty to manipulating key interest rates and being fined by U.S. regulators for rigging energy markets. The Bush campaign also told reporters that Bush has reaped $9.9 million in speaking fees since leaving office.

"None of those figures can be verified from Bush's tax returns. That's because the payouts were routed through a company he heads called Jeb Bush and Associates. While Jeb Bush the candidate reports annual payments from that firm to the Internal Revenue Service, he does not detail the original sources of that income. The maneuver was confirmed to HuffPost by a Bush campaign spokesperson.