Hillary and Bill Clinton Made $6.7 Million From Speeches in 2015

[Cheese Sandwich]

Hillary and Bill Clinton raked in a combined $6.725 million in paid speeches in 2015, a decrease from the year before, according to a personal financial disclosure form released late Tuesday night.

As a presidential candidate, Clinton has come under fire for paid speeches she gave, particularly to big banks and Wall Street, after leaving the State Department. Her Democratic opponent, Bernie Sanders, and his supporters have called on her to release the transcripts of these speeches, which she has thus far refused to do.

Hillary and Bill Clinton raked in a combined $6.725 million in paid speeches in 2015, a decrease from the year before, according to a personal financial disclosure form released late Tuesday night.

As a presidential candidate, Clinton has come under fire for paid speeches she gave, particularly to big banks and Wall Street, after leaving the State Department. Her Democratic opponent, Bernie Sanders, and his supporters have called on her to release the transcripts of these speeches, which she has thus far refused to do.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-bill-clinton-made-67-million-speeches-2015/story?id=39184952

[Recursion]

1. Good for them

It's a big ego-boost for any convention or conference to have one of them as a keynote speaker, and that means they can command pretty good fees.

[merrily]

4. And thank heaven something like that doesn't create any potential conflicts of interest.

[tonyt53]

11. Evidently, you or Bernie have no idea how those speaking fees work or why people are paid to speak

The are paid to talk about their life experiences. the more interesting those experiences, the more they are paid. The more high profile those experiences, the more they are paid. Rarely do they ever speak about the business of the groups they speak to.

[Actor]

2. So you think Bernie can still win the nomination? Otherwise you posting this means

you want to harm Hillary in the general election which means you must want ...

oh hell, what is the point anymore.

[riversedge]

5. yes,

--spot on. what is the point. We know they want to hurt Hillary--and the Sanders camp made that clear

[Actor]

7. Difference is when it is done, Bernie will stop, they wont I fear.

[azurnoir]

10. so you're admitting that Hillary and Bill giving Wallstreet speechs for big $$$$$$ is

not a good look?

[Actor]

12. Why are you so invested in stopping the likely Democratic nominee from winning?

[azurnoir]

14. I asked a clear question nothing else

[Actor]

15. So did I. I fear I know the answer, too. Nothing Hillary has done makes her look as bad

as the narcissist sociopath on the other side.

[azurnoir]

20. No you made a statement at least that's how it read to me

[Actor]

21. No? Ya know who is harmed in your little game?

http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1782199.1399421765!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_750/was8563515.jpg



NO liberal would allow this to happen.

[riversedge]

3. good for them.

[libtodeath]

6. Be ready for all the so called progressives to cheer such extravogent wealth.

[msongs]

8. some speakers are free - want to listen to an angry man rant and rave and wave his arms? nt

[azurnoir]

9. 6.7 million is a platinum parachute?

seeing that we're 200,000 is a golden one

[Jitter65]

13. Good for them. People want to hear what they have to say. Stop the wealth envy. nt

[guillaumeb]

22. The 1% have been waging class warfare on the bottom 90% since Reagan was

President. And winning. Talking about it is not wealth envy, but reality.

[oasis]

16. Hillary's eight State of the Union speeches will be free of charge so

it'll all even out by the end of her second term. I already did the math.

[Txbluedog]

17. I guess you can only be progressive if you live off ramen

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. I guess they're no longer "dead broke".

[boston bean]

19. So?? You got some proof of some wrong doing?

[Octafish]

24. From Dead Broke to now among the Richest of the Rich.

What more proof do you need?

Repeal Glass Steagall and get millions from UBS?

Help get 52,000 Americans with offshore accounts at UBS off the hook?

Have enough money to say you don't need anymore to clients in UBS Wealth Management?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511200048

[guillaumeb]

23. The Romans called it "quid pro quo".

Now we call it business as usual. The wealthy pay exorbitant amounts for an uninspired speech from a politician. Nothing is directly promised because both politician and business person are aware of the deal.

No bribes here, just speaking about life experiences to a very receptive audience who, of course, expect absolutely nothing in return.

Can you say NAFTA?
Can you say Gramm, Leach, Blily?
Can you say "welfare reform"?
Can you say "prison reform"?
Can you say TPP?