Hillary and Bill earned every penny they have.

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. Given what the economic policies have done

it could very well be seen that way.

This from the Report to the President:

“Real output per hour was 99 percent higher by the end of 1972 than in
1947, while real average hourly earnings (GDP deflator) grew by 73 percent.
Figure 5-3 shows that since the early 1970s, the paths of labor productivity
and average hourly earnings diverged more widely. As a result, by the end of
September 2013 real output per hour was 107 percent higher than at the end
of 1972, but average hourly earnings had only grown 31 percent.8

Since the 1970s, these trends generally have been worse for lower income
households than for higher-income households (DiNardo, Fortin,
Lemieux 1996; Piketty and Saez 2003; Lemieux 2008; CEA 2012; Haskel,
Lawrence, Leamer, and Slaughter 2012).9 In particular, the income growth
in the top percentile of the income distribution has been much stronger
than other percentiles.”

People like Bill Clinton at high policy levels set the ground for the 2008 economic crash, and people on both parties are still fighting bringing the economic system back to heel. You know, the watered down bank regulations, they want to repeal them...

And yes, this blood money analogy was being repeated by many kids in many an occupy, indignado, et al camp around the world. That has not played out. In fact, it is just starting to play out.

Now my advise to the Clintons, is stop sounding naive and nouveau riche... aka, you can afford it, get a damn publicist. What both mother and daughter said recently has really grated people's sensitivities. It is almost as if I were back at a certain Occupy camp interviewing people. There is an undercurrent, almost like an undertow... that something is really, and I mean this, really wrong and broken.

Given the policies set up the conditions where we have the most income disparity since 1913, you can see why things are kind of boiling over. And yes, those were set by neoliberal types, including Bill Clinton. And Hillary will run on populist grounds but trust me, will not revise NAFTA, or worst, get out of NAFTA, let alone get out of TISA or TTP negotiations. That ain't gonna happen. The money people will not let her, and like most pols in the US, she listens to the money people. See, it is not just her.