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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary Clinton Made More in 12 Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a Lifetime [View all]
Clintons most lucrative year was 2013, right after stepping down as secretary of state. That year, she made $2.3 million for three speeches to Goldman Sachs and individual speeches to Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, Fidelity Investments, Apollo Management Holdings, UBS, Bank of America, and Golden Tree Asset Managers.
To put these numbers into perspective, compare them to lifetime earnings of the median American worker. In 2011, the Census Bureau estimated that, across all majors, a bachelors degree holder can expect to earn about $2.4 million over his or her work life. A Pew Research analysis published the same year estimated that a typical high school graduate can expect to make just $770,000 over the course of his or her lifetime.
To put these numbers into perspective, compare them to lifetime earnings of the median American worker. In 2011, the Census Bureau estimated that, across all majors, a bachelors degree holder can expect to earn about $2.4 million over his or her work life. A Pew Research analysis published the same year estimated that a typical high school graduate can expect to make just $770,000 over the course of his or her lifetime.
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/08/hillary-clinton-earned-more-from-12-speeches-to-big-banks-than-most-americans-earn-in-their-lifetime/
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Hillary Clinton Made More in 12 Speeches to Big Banks Than Most of Us Earn in a Lifetime [View all]
pantsonfire
Apr 2016
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I wish she would publish a book of those speeches. They would sell like hot cakes under "Self Help"
Impedimentus
Apr 2016
#1
Oh yes. Remember how Obama started talking to us a few months after he was elected?
Zira
Apr 2016
#60
I'll take your wordsmithing over Hillarys - but the content of the speech is not why they pay her.
Juicy_Bellows
Apr 2016
#12
Yes. But I wouldn't expect voters to trust me in regulating those banks afterwards. They
think
Apr 2016
#31
And then expect the American people to trust her to protect the American peoples interest's
think
Apr 2016
#36
She made those speeches as a private citizen. Why would we deserve to know what she said?
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2016
#24
Because she made them to corporations that hugely impact all our lifes...n/t
pantsonfire
Apr 2016
#26
Do you demand to see transcripts of speeches made by others who speak to those corporations?
Arkansas Granny
Apr 2016
#27
The gun corps effects my life 10x more than Wall Street. Sanders is speaking to a certain groups...
uponit7771
Apr 2016
#66
And Goldman Sachs appreciates her refusal to support a new Glass Steagall. They can't even pass the
think
Apr 2016
#38
Eric Holder was soft on Wall Street bank crimes. He's going back to defend the very criminal banks
think
Apr 2016
#65
The facts are Eric Holder prosecuted less white collar crime than his predecessors.
think
Apr 2016
#68
I feel sorry for the people who had to sit through them without a mute button nt
BernieforPres2016
Apr 2016
#37
The relevant issue is whether those fees affect her policymaking decisions, since
TheDormouse
Apr 2016
#42
Most basketball stars make in 12 games more than most of make in a lifetime. nt
Jitter65
Apr 2016
#58
And they provide a service, entertainment. What service does Hillary provide in a speech?
CentralCoaster
Apr 2016
#64
A basketball player's talent provides value to those paying them. What value does Hill's
ChisolmTrailDem
Apr 2016
#69
That makes sense...20 mil for Hill and about 15 for Bill...per ten minutes? n/t
pantsonfire
Apr 2016
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