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2016 Postmortem

egalitegirl

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10. Problem is conflict of interest

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #9)

Mon Apr 25, 2016, 05:15 PM

Apr 2016

When your wife is a Senator and then Secretary of State when you go around giving speeches, it is conflict of interest. Public figures should stay at home when they have such obvious conflicts of interest.

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Clintons reported a net worth of $700,000 in 1992 [View all] egalitegirl Apr 2016 OP

But let's not forget that they were dead broke when they left the White House. SheilaT Apr 2016 #1

you think 700k is a lot? for two lawyers? MariaThinks Apr 2016 #2

Bill Clinton was not an active lawyer from 1983 on Art_from_Ark Apr 2016 #20

yes, he took a lower salary to serve the public MariaThinks Apr 2016 #22

They really were in the red, had to get a loan from Terry McAuliffe. joshcryer Apr 2016 #9

Problem is conflict of interest egalitegirl Apr 2016 #10

That is Non-Sense-A Ex-Preident Doesn't Have to Sit at Home Because His Wife has a Job Stallion Apr 2016 #12

He doesn't have to sit at home egalitegirl Apr 2016 #13

More to the point, there was no way SheilaT Apr 2016 #14

Of course. joshcryer Apr 2016 #16

more than I have now. But when I was married and we had 2 incomes it was different hollysmom Apr 2016 #11

Well, they will probably be billionaires before it's over. Skwmom Apr 2016 #3

Their stocks did well and their nearly $200K retirement account was included. IamMab Apr 2016 #4

The money laundering thread: A DU collaborative investigation (July 2010) suggest you review this bobthedrummer Apr 2016 #6

"Public service" has certainly laruemtt Apr 2016 #5

Welcome to DU, egalitegirl! bobthedrummer Apr 2016 #7

Thank you! n/t egalitegirl Apr 2016 #8

And? I don't see how this matters one bit, unless we can only elect people who have no BreakfastClub Apr 2016 #15

The standard Bernie has brought is honesty egalitegirl Apr 2016 #21

Compare that to Bill and Hillary's now estimated net worth of ~$45 Million. TumbleAndJumble Apr 2016 #17

So? Zynx Apr 2016 #18

Good for them! NurseJackie Apr 2016 #19