[BadAndy]

$30,000 is an obscene amount of money to make for an lecture. That's more than many people make in a year. Virtually NO ONE has anything to say that can justify that expense. No wonder I am paying ridiculous tuition expenses for my kids. I love Ann but if this is what speakers get for an appearance this is outrageous. And yes I know KKKlinton gets $150K even though the only place he should be appearing is in a Federal prison.

[goldstategop]

Hey, if people like what to hear what you have to say, you can charge what you think its worth. No one forces any one to attend your lecture. There's nothing "obscene" about lecture fees. You get to make a living besides just writing best-selling books.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[Arrowhead1952]

And yes I know KKKlinton gets $150K even though the only place he should be appearing is in a Federal prison.

Yeah, the Austin paper had this splashed all over the front page today. All the liberals hugging their impeached hero, el slicko. One lady said she thought she "was going to faint when she saw him". MEGA BARF TIME. The FReeper wasn't in the dead tree edition, only in the on-line version.

[Raycpa]

$30,000 is an obscene amount of money to make for an lecture.

Its not paid to lose money. The ticket sales generate income.

[Nucluside]

30K isn't near enough for what Ann has to say. What are you, some kind of "progressive" (read: "socialist")?
Speakers are paid what the market will bear. It's called supply and demand (quaint concept) and Ann is in demand. I can't comprehend why she isn't getting as much as the top dollar speakers do, especially since she is the only prominent conservative in the country who says what she REALLY thinks.
Aint that something; cute little intellectual prodigy like Ann being the balls for the whole Republican party and conservative movement? They can't beat her with brains (cretins), but they can attack her with boorish bathroom antics and downright rudeness. It's amazing that UT is even in Texas.

[Americanexpat]

She is making $30K for a speech. Don't blame Ann blame the school.

[PLK]

No wonder I am paying ridiculous tuition expenses for my kids. I love Ann but if this is what speakers get for an appearance this is outrageous

Most of the time, speakers are paid by some kind of endowment or fund set up exclusively for that purpose by a donor. This system prevents boycotts and angry phone calls from parents.

What that means is, as a parent I cannot protest to the college when Ward Churchill speaks at my kid's school, they keep their hands off that kind of stuff. The exception is the stupid choices made for commencement speakers - now THERE is where parents and donors can make a difference, IMO.

[libstripper]

It's called market economics.