Posted on 04/24/2017 7:40:44 AM PDT by smashtheleft
From 1987 to 1989 a fellow named Jim Wright was Speaker of the House of Representatives. Wright had produced a book, ‘Reflections of a Public Man’ and it had sold quite a few copies even though it was nothing more than a compilation of political speeches he had performed over the years. Unfortunately for Speaker Wright, even though he had sold quite a few copies, he sold those quite a few copies to a very small group of people who all had business before congress that he was in a position to influence. In other words it was a scam, a bribe. Wright compiled speeches into a book, published the book, put a hefty price tag on the book and the people who wished to influence his political decisions bought the book by the thousands and tens of thousands – putting money in Wright’s pocket. Wright was compelled to resign in disgrace. When I read that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo allegedly made $783,000 in royalties from a book that sold 3,200 copies – I thought of the pioneering efforts in bribery of Jim Wright. Could it be that Governor Cuomo thought he was a tad more clever than Jim Wright and that he could get away with it? Still not at peak absurdity!
Not day goes by that there is some no-good news about Il Duce stato di New York.
> Wright was compelled to resign in disgrace. <
That is so last century. Disgraced politicians don’t resign any more. Unless they’re Republicans.
royalties of over $200 per book???? How much did that book cost????
A bit off topic, but the Clintons made millions from their books. And the Obamas will make millions.
I’ve heard a dirty little secret about publishing, is that books by someone famous are written, and the “sales” of those books aren’t just based on all of us going to Barnes and Noble and buying the book. But the revenues created will be such that the person involved, say a Hillary Clinton, pockets millions.
One of Newt Gingrich's major accomplishments.
Classified as advance royalty, News Corp gets to charge off this payment as a business expense. Pretty good deal.
But look everyone! More free sh** (this time “college tuition”) paid for by other people, debt and Federal Reserve money printing!
Who cares if yet another progressive is running yet another scam?
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It's selling on Amazon right now retail for $8.45 but you can pick it up used for $2.49
That ‘royalty’ payment amounts to $244.60 PER BOOK SOLD.
Scam-—plain & simple.
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