FTA....
Since leaving office, the Obamas have garnered a $65 million book deal, and Obama is making an estimated 50 speeches a year before corporate and Wall Street audiences at about $400,000 a clip. It has been estimated that the couple is on course to rapidly amass a fortune of $242 million (outdoing the Clintons, who up to now have managed to cash in to the tune of only $75 million).
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Holy Crap. Looks like Obammie learned a thing or two from his former SOS.
And that is - how to grift like a professional.
This is all pay back for running the US deficit up 9 Trillion dollars of which a lot of these people got a huge chunk.
I wonder what they are buying for all that money? Chewbacca for President?
I think the $75 million greatly underestimates the effective wealth of the Clintons. They control $400 million through their charitable foundation, which doesn't actually give much to charity. What they spend goes to cronies, and is often a political investment.