2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumClintons earned majority of speaking fees while Hillary was SOS and considering run for President
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Spreading the Clinton speaking fees over 15 years is misleading.
Not considering speaking fees paid to the Foundation, the Clinton's earned
Hillary and Bill: Jan 2014 - May 2015. In excess of 25 million or 1,470,000 per month for both.
Bill Clinton: 4 years Hillary was SOS. In excess of 48 million or 1,000,000 per month for Bill.
Not sure what Hillary and Bill earned in 2013 but the other two above total 73 million.
Hillary Rodham Clinton and former president Bill Clinton earned in excess of $25 million for delivering 104 speeches since the beginning of 2014, a huge infusion to their net worth as she was readying for a presidential bid.
During the 11 years Hillary Clinton served as a U.S. senator and then secretary of state, she reported that her husband made $105 million for delivering more than 540 speeches. Bill Clintons fees rose over time. In 2012, her last year at the State Department, he earned more than $16.3 million for 72 speeches.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clintons-earn-more-than-25-million-in-speaking-fees-since-january-2014/2015/05/15/52605fbe-fb4d-11e4-9ef4-1bb7ce3b3fb7_story.html
While Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, Bill Clinton earned speaking fees around the globe totaling more than $48 million -- speeches that had to be vetted by the State Department to ensure there were no conflicts of interest with his wife's work as America's top diplomat. These newly revealed emails show speech requests that the State Department refused to approve.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bill-clinton-sought-state-department-paid-speeches-related/story?id=33369277
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)Think of the taxes Bernie will make them pay.
Uncle Joe
(58,361 posts)Thanks for the thread, Skwmom.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)the truth.
Wilms
(26,795 posts)...it's chump change for them.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,361 posts)Fumesucker
(45,851 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)global1
(25,247 posts)starting with Goldman Sachs. We need to see if she is saying anything different to them than she is saying to us. As an American voter having to take her into consideration for my vote I need to know if she is consistent or if she is only saying things to me just to get elected.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)CorporatistNation
(2,546 posts)Decidedly pathetic...
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Ino
(3,366 posts)even the appearance of impropriety, much less impropriety itself. The Clintons have never done either.
Skwmom
(12,685 posts)840high
(17,196 posts)for so long - they don't care.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)and baseball players, actors, musicians, etc., make more.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)will make an interesting, popular speaker too after the election. Jimmy Carter and Al Gore made good money too. They are keynote speakers, who can get paid big bucks.
Even george war bush and sarah palin can draw people. Why? Some people have poor taste.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)corruption by a large majority of Americans over and over again (even if it is currently legal).
While sporting a Woodie Guthrie icon no less!
I think you're having a laugh. I really do.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)large speaker fees.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)As was the man in your avatar/icon no doubt.
Your posts here and your chosen avatar go together Like rama lamma lamma ka dinga da dinga dong
earthside
(6,960 posts)... after all ... "First Woman President" and all that stuff.
This just so fits into the Hillary Clinton story from Walmart board director to cattle futures to White Water investments to Presidential pardons ...
Democrats are so screwed if Hillary is nominated -- it's going to be corruption on parade until election day.