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davidpdx

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Tue Jan 19, 2016, 02:27 AM Jan 2016

Two Clintons. 41 years. $3 billion. Inside the Clinton Donor Network

LITTLE ROCK — Over four decades of public life, Bill and Hillary Clinton have built an unrivaled global network of donors while pioneering fundraising techniques that have transformed modern politics and paved the way for them to potentially become the first husband and wife to win the White House.

The grand total raised for all of their political campaigns and their family’s charitable foundation reaches at least $3 billion, according to a Washington Post investigation.

Their fundraising haul, which began with $178,000 that Bill Clinton raised for his long-shot 1974 congressional bid, is on track to expand substantially with Hillary Clinton’s 2016 White House run, which has already drawn $110 million in support.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/clinton-money/


Long article, but worth the time to read.

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Two Clintons. 41 years. $3 billion. Inside the Clinton Donor Network (Original Post) davidpdx Jan 2016 OP
Yes we all know the Clintons received huge speaking fees and donations from the very rich. daybranch Jan 2016 #1

daybranch

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1. Yes we all know the Clintons received huge speaking fees and donations from the very rich.
Tue Jan 19, 2016, 07:07 AM
Jan 2016

I just w ant to know what Hillary told them that makes her so worthy of the speaking fees. When you pay a speaker, you expect something in return, something that willl help you i some way, something that will benefit you healthwise or finacially benefit you. I have not noticed Hillary is knowledgeable about your physical health, or has any ability tobrighten my mood. Therefore I am left with the probability that Hilary spent a lot of time telling Wall Street and the banks what she would do to advance their interests and since we all know their interests are usually i direct opposition to that of the people, I want to know what she said that makes her speeches so valuable. C'mon someone who was at one or more of the highly paid speeches she gave, give us the information. Therer must be a patriotic and honest American at one of her high priced speeches. How about it? Hillary should tell us herself but we will get the same old bull about business working with the people. Let's have some transparency.

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