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The University at Buffalo paid former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton $275,000 for her speech at Alumni Arena last fall, according to a copy of her speaking agency’s contract with the university, which was released today.
The nine-page contract stipulates that the “net honorarium” for the speech would go to the Clinton Foundation, which Clinton’s husband, former President Bill Clinton, founded after leaving the White House. But an unspecified sum would have gone to the Harry Walker Agency, which arranges the former secretary of state’s speaking arrangements.
No state or tuition funds were used to pay Clinton’s speaking fee, the university said in a statement. Instead, the UB Foundation paid for the speech as part of its annual Distinguished Speakers Series.
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The contract, which provides the most inside detail to date about Clinton’s lucrative speaking engagements, also shows that Clinton exerted a great deal of control over the details of the sold-out event at UB last Oct. 23.
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The contract, which provides the most inside detail to date about Clinton’s lucrative speaking engagements, also shows that Clinton exerted a great deal of control over the details of the sold-out event at UB last Oct. 23.
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dsc
(52,158 posts)not one single solitary word, was written about his speaking fees. When Gingrich ran, again, not one single solitary word. What about when Powell was being considered, yet again not one single solitary word. Yet now, all of the sudden, it is all we hear about. I wonder what could be different. Oh wait, I know, it's the return of the Clinton rules.
There's definitely a double standard here.
reddread
(6,896 posts)that Clinton Foundation scam ought to be outrageous enough.
by all means, please document Guliani and Gingrich's fees and speaking schedule.
there is plenty to learn from that, dont leave us hanging.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)a pathetic attempt at that....
cali
(114,904 posts)anything but fucking scathing.
And yes, I expect better from dems.
dsc
(52,158 posts)I would love to see them. I don't recall even one such article.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)"Gingrich’s money-making and spending habits have become a central issue in the presidential race since he has risen to the top of the Republican field ahead of Mitt Romney."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/want-gingrich-to-speak-he-needs-first-class-expenses-and-2-bathrooms/2011/12/07/gIQAVZzFdO_story.html
randys1
(16,286 posts)to not be as bad as the right and they arent, that is all i can expect until a viable 3rd party comes along or the country breaks up into 3 provinces...
I expect Rand Paul to nominate SC justices who would destroy what is left of America, which is why I will vote for Hillary if she is the candidate
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)"Want Gingrich to speak? He needs ‘first class expenses’ and 2 bathrooms"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/want-gingrich-to-speak-he-needs-first-class-expenses-and-2-bathrooms/2011/12/07/gIQAVZzFdO_story.html
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)
Hillary Clinton continued to justify her high-dollar speaking fees on Friday, telling ABC News’ Ann Compton that all of the money she’s made from colleges over the past year and a half has been donated to her family’s foundation.
“All of the fees have been donated to the Clinton Foundation for it to continue its life-changing and life-saving work. So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation,” Clinton said when asked about the criticism she and her husband have faced recently for their wealth.
Hillary Clinton reportedly makes roughly $200,000 for each speaking engagement. And recent reports show that she has made much more from some of the country’s top universities.
Last week, students at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where Clinton is scheduled to speak at a fundraiser in October, asked the former secretary of state to return her fee of $225,000 back to the university. If she does not, the students said they plan to protest her visit.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/07/hillary-clinton-says-shes-donated-all-university-speaking-fees/
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Or worse, lots of "I'd like to thank the Board Of Trustees, the Provost..." or "I remember when Bill campaigned in Buffalo, we enjoyed the wings before they became famous" or other such inanities. Every word better have been a precious drop of gold, for that price.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)How much do you think Elizabeth Warren will or is getting? Nitpicking...
Not hatred AT ALL!
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)Come on yourself! Its rhetorical....its the posters favorite cause....
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)this sort of waste no matter who they were paying. Nobody's mere speech event is worth anywhere NEAR that much, no matter what the speaker does with the money afterward. I can understand paying a speaker enough to cover expenses and a bit more to make it worth someone's while to do it, but almost $300,000 is beyond excessive.
VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)believe me...it is most definitely NOT about how much that college paid anyone in speaking fees....Definitely not!
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)that paid her fee. It was the UB Foundation - http://www.ubfoundation.buffalo.edu/about
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)People always respond this way in the Hillary threads.
The UB Foundation is Buffalo's endowment. Just like Harvard's endowment isn't called "Harvard University", it's called HMC. The endowment is part of the university, it's just put in a separate entity for business purposes.
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Cause that's what it says in the article. (That a certain amount went to the Walker agency is normal: they do all the planning, scheduling, paperwork, etc., and, you know, they do have to pay staff to do that stuff; that's what "agents" do: they take a percentage.) Otherwise, it looks like Hillary Clinton got paid nothing.
packman
(16,296 posts)is it tax-deductable to those who gave the money? If so, who is really paying whom?
reddread
(6,896 posts)thats a two way street they are greasing for themselves, while people hail their good deeds.
jesus H christ.
pa28
(6,145 posts)If that's the case her donations look like more like damage control and less like "life saving and life changing" altruism.
As of last week she had not released any records to back up her claims.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/07/hillary-clinton-offers-no-documents-to-rebut-criticism-of-hefty-speaker-fees/
Aerows
(39,961 posts)That's exactly why she will never get my support. It's a rough road to lead a nation - she thinks she's entitled to it. There are so many people that are better suited to lead our nation than Hillary Clinton.
Sorry, she doesn't have my support, and she never will.
Metric System
(6,048 posts)years in the national spotlight then what does that say about her ambitions? See how that can be turned around? It's all so silly.
onehandle
(51,122 posts)Only people with the name Bush and Clinton will do this.
Heh.
Bookmark this thread.
cali
(114,904 posts)I would find this more palatable if she donated her speaking fees to an entity other than her own foundation. And it's not like it needs the money. There was an interesting article a couple of weeks ago about how here donated fees are penny ante stuff to the Clinton Foundation, whereas they'd make a real difference to some charitable organizations.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,122 posts)conservaphobe
(1,284 posts)Jesus, what will they think of next...
Next thing you know... someone will knock on my door trying to sell me something I don't need.
wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)Oh, there are a few still harping on it. But yawn.
CincyDem
(6,353 posts)$275k. Let's see. That's about 4 years tuition for at most 2 kids.
These universities use their speakers list as a marketing tool for prospective students. With 5 kids going through college, we've seen just about every admissions school pitch east of the Mississippi and a fair number west too. In every one, there was some element of crowing about who comes to campus. (note: the most fun was leonard maltin's film class at USC...you NEVER knew who was going to just drop in...and many stars waited in line with the students...but I digress). They range from Condi Rice to Paul Volker to Jeb Bush to Russell Simmons to Cornell West to George Lucas etc etc etc. A litany of names all designed to have you believe that you're kid is going to be exposed to the best and the brightest.
IF, as a result of this marketing message they get just 2 more kids who are paying 100% for their education, then they're money ahead.
They're trying to ramp up demand for their seats.
yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)The foundation paid the money which is separate from the University. This has been discussed so many times. My only hope is that some were not part of the discussion previously.
CincyDem
(6,353 posts)I know who paid the bill. I would respectfully submit, however, that the "independent" foundation is only independent for the purposes of legal status as a non-profit. Do you think for a moment that these foundations don't work day and night solely for the purpose of benefiting the brand name institution with whom their affiliated.
I can't imagine The Princeton Foundation investing money for the betterment of Harvard Students. And if you want to cleave California right down the San Andreas Fault - just suggest to the USC foundation that they do something to benefit UCLA (you LA folks know what I'm saying here, right?).
There's just enough Chinese fire wall between these foundations and the school to pass the IRS blush test and not an ounce more. The money didn't come from students or federal funds but the purpose of the money is to support the future of the institution.
The foundations also fund overseas study programs that are touted during the recruiting trips.
The foundations also fund special engineering internships featured in the recruiting trips.
The foundations sponsor student trips for dinner into the closest big city (our experience was into NYC from NJ).
I'm sure the foundations do a lot of things but a big part of their charter is to engage in activities that provide stature and salable benefits to the student body and their parents of their affiliated institution.
randys1
(16,286 posts)wyldwolf
(43,867 posts)... THIS person.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)Peacetrain
(22,875 posts)“I’m not running for president,” Warren told ABC News’ David Muir in an interview at her home in Cambridge, Mass.
Asked about a recent story that suggested she is “Hillary’s nightmare,” Warren said, “I don’t get who writes these headlines or what they’re about. I think there’s just kind of a pundit world out there.”
“Do you think Hillary Clinton would make a good president?” Muir asked.
“I think Hillary Clinton is terrific,” Warren said. “We gotta stay focused on these issues right now.”
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Bernie Sanders is an Independent.. and cannot run in the Democratic Party, unless he changes his party affiliation, and then he will be saddled with being part of a very large party.. good, bad, and indifferent
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The Clinton Foundation works very hard.. and if you are going to contribute to any charity, it only makes sense you are giving your speaking fees to one that carries your families name and one you work hard in
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reddread
(6,896 posts)"The Clinton Foundation works very hard.. and if you are going to contribute to any charity, it only makes sense you are giving your speaking fees to one that carries your families name and one you work hard in"
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)LOL
Bonobo
(29,257 posts)"Why shouldn't she get what she can!"
and "It's what the market bears!"
Etc.
