Posted on 05/18/2016 11:18:25 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Bill and Hillary Clinton have earned $6.7 million from paid speeches since the beginning of 2015, including $2.7 million from speeches the former president gave after his wife officially kicked off her White House bid last April, according to a financial-disclosure form Mrs. Clinton’s campaign released on Tuesday.
Mr. Clinton was paid $285,000 to speak to America’s Health Insurance Plans, the trade association for health insurers, in June 2015. He was paid $200,000 to speak at Stephens Inc., an Arkansas financial-services firm run by Warren Stephens, a major Republican donor. And in September 2015, he was paid $225,000 to speak to Computer Design & Integration LLC, a New Jersey information technology firm.
Mrs. Clinton stopped giving paid speeches when she started her 2016 campaign, and Mr. Clinton hasn’t given any since a November 2015 event in Toronto, according to the form. He has said he didn’t think he would continue to give paid speeches if Mrs. Clinton became president.
In addition to the speech income, Mrs. Clinton received more than $5 million in book royalties since the beginning of 2015, and Mr. Clinton was paid by the Varkey GEMS Foundation, an education charity, and Laureate Education Inc., a for-profit company. Mr. Clinton isn’t required to reveal his exact earnings from that consulting work. The couple hasn’t yet released their 2015 tax returns, though they have released decades of past returns.
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"He has said he didn’t think he would continue to give paid speeches if Mrs. Clinton became president." In other words, Bill Clinton is not ruling out taking more bribes if his wife is elected.
A fool and his money are soon parted. All these millions given to the corrupt Clintons for special favors from the White house are going to be wasted. For that matter the Clintons probably wouldn’t honor any of the promises they made anyhow. They f*** their friends more than their enemies. Anyone who gets in bed with them deserves what happens.
Sorry for using the word “honor” in the same sentance as “Clintons”.
One of the biggest rip offs ever. All because there are so many ignorant and stupid people willing to pay that much for trash.
This is the elite-class version of minimum wage. Poor Hillary, she is currently unemployed. Poor Bill (he has to pay the bills, you know).
How much does that average out to per Hillary cough?
Proper usage would be something like "Your Honor, we beg for a reduced prison sentence for the Clintons."
It’s legal graft, in case she wins.
And Trump earned $555 million in 12 months.
we need to make it illegal for politicians getting speaking fees over 300 dollars an engagement....reality is that if you are working in an elected position it should be illegal to charge your constituent’s for access. that is what a speaking fee is. there are a lot of financial things that politicians do that they should not be allowed to do.
we need to make it illegal for politicians getting speaking fees over 300 dollars an engagement....reality is that if you are working in an elected position it should be illegal to charge your constituent’s for access. that is what a speaking fee is. there are a lot of financial things that politicians do that they should not be allowed to do.
“...earned...” I stopped reading there. Obviously, all lies.
Get it while the getting’s good so they say.
It might be 'thinly disguised' in the United States but around the world our country is seen as an 'on the take' joke.
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