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Chelsea Clinton: I tried to care about money but couldn't (2014)
NY Daily News ^ | June 23, 2014 | Leslie larson

Posted on 11/07/2016 7:50:35 AM PST by Right Wing Assault

Hillary Clinton insists she isn’t “well-off” and now daughter Chelsea, according to a recent interview, claims she couldn't care less about money.

“I was curious if I could care about (money) on some fundamental level, and I couldn’t,” she told Fast Company in an interview that ran in the magazine's May edition, explaining why she gave up lucrative gigs to join her family’s philanthropic foundation.

Comparing her experience to the average millennial, the 34-year-old former first daughter defended jumping around to different careers — from consulting to a hedge fund to academia to journalism — before finding her true calling working with her parents.

“It is frustrating, because who wants to grow up and follow their parents? I’ve tried really hard to care about things that were very different from my parents … it’s a funny thing to realize I feel called to this work, both as a daughter and also as someone who believes I have contributions to make,” she continued about her reluctant status as a boomerang kid.

The Clinton name likely opened doors for the political heiress, including an eye-popping $600,000 annual salary for an irregular stint as an NBC special correspondent, but Chelsea insists her work speaks for itself.

“I will just always work harder (than anybody else) and hopefully perform better,” said Clinton, who along with former banker husband Marc Mezvinsky, purchased a $10.5-million Gramercy Park apartment in 2013. “And hopefully, over time, I preempt and erase whatever expectations people have of me not having a good work ethic, or not being smart, or not being motivated.”

The comments, while not new, have nonetheless garnered a new round of attention in recent days after her mom and likely 2016 candidate, Hillary, was criticized for remarks suggesting she exited the White House "dead broke" and wasn't "truly well off" despite millions of dollars in public speaking earnings.


TOPICS: Political Humor/Cartoons; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chelsea; chelseamoney; money
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Chelsea first said this in May, 2014. There was an FR post earlier this year.

I thought a re-run of this would be fitting at this time.

Her $600,000 salary from the foundation is so tiny, and her parents are so broke, and her $10 million condo is so expensive, that she needs to steal money for her wedding and personal expenses.

1 posted on 11/07/2016 7:50:35 AM PST by Right Wing Assault
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To: Right Wing Assault

Liar. Nut and tree.


2 posted on 11/07/2016 7:51:39 AM PST by madison10 (Praying for team Trump.)
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To: Right Wing Assault

WikiLeaks is exposing Chelsea and Mark for the money-grubbing entitled a$$holes they are!


3 posted on 11/07/2016 7:52:03 AM PST by BAW (It's gunna be Yuge!)
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To: Right Wing Assault

“I don’t care about losing all the money.....it’s losing all the stuff.” - Bernadette Peters (The Jerk)


4 posted on 11/07/2016 7:52:49 AM PST by dfwgator
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5 posted on 11/07/2016 7:52:59 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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Chelsea Clinton: I tried to care about money but couldn't

I tried to believe this BS, but couldn't.

6 posted on 11/07/2016 7:53:59 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
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To: Mr. Mojo

Why is this in Breaking News??


7 posted on 11/07/2016 7:54:50 AM PST by hawaiian
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To: Right Wing Assault

I wouldn’t worry or think about money either if I had a bottomless slush fund to feed my entitled life . . . what are you, a princess?


8 posted on 11/07/2016 7:55:01 AM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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She is every bit the scum her parents are.


9 posted on 11/07/2016 7:55:18 AM PST by Maverick68
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To: Right Wing Assault

Chelsea would care about money if it wasn’t provided to her in copious amounts by her corrupt parents and in-laws.


10 posted on 11/07/2016 7:55:48 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam , Know Peace)
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To: Right Wing Assault

It’s easy to not care about money when you’re guaranteed a seven figure income based on nothing more than your family name.


11 posted on 11/07/2016 7:55:49 AM PST by stranger and pilgrim
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To: Right Wing Assault

let’s talk - about that NBC gig, shall we? about that $10mill NYC apt, shall we? amazing they print this stuff it’s so revolting.


12 posted on 11/07/2016 7:55:59 AM PST by avital2
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...Chelsea insists her work speaks for itself.

It must be mute....................

13 posted on 11/07/2016 7:56:21 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Right Wing Assault

Tomorrow it will be the White House , The Jail House or The Poor House


14 posted on 11/07/2016 7:56:36 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: Right Wing Assault

Heartwarming......

*spit*


15 posted on 11/07/2016 7:56:40 AM PST by clintonh8r
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To: Mr. Mojo

You do not have to care much about money when millions are given to you, and if you spend that, millions more are available through theft and extortion.


16 posted on 11/07/2016 7:56:40 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Right Wing Assault

Oh...HAHAHAHA...oh my...HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

So sayeth the woman who had the $3,000,000 wedding!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAHAH OH HEEE HEE HEE HAHAHAHAH!!!!!!


17 posted on 11/07/2016 7:56:41 AM PST by Cowgirl of Justice
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It’s really not hard to not care when you are funded by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the Emirates...


18 posted on 11/07/2016 7:56:59 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast ("Now it's up to the American people to deliver justice")
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To: Right Wing Assault

People who have money that they really didn’t work for, generally don’t care about money.


19 posted on 11/07/2016 7:57:02 AM PST by castlegreyskull
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To: Right Wing Assault

That’s like Hugh Hefner trying and failing to care about sex or Hunter S. Thompson not giving a damn about cocaine and hard liquor.


20 posted on 11/07/2016 7:57:53 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain
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