2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhy such a fuss over Wall Street Speeches and not over these?
At time of austerity, 8 universities spent top dollar on Hillary Rodham Clinton speechesMaybe Hillary really is in the pocket of the Universities. Wall Street, the Universities, same difference right?
Frankly shows you how silly this stuff is. She was a rock star, people in many different walks of life wanted to hear her talk, and were willing to pay a LOT of money for the privilege.
Was it all a bribe? Was a it all a quid pro quo?
msongs
(67,413 posts)doc03
(35,344 posts)answer for speeches they made on Wall Street or were accused of some kind of wrong doing because they were paid to speak.
I guess this is a new standard reserved for Hillary Clinton or is it just women.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Fortunately there's only one of them that's running.
doc03
(35,344 posts)anyone else. Neither one of them belonged to the Socialist Labor Party.
doc03
(35,344 posts)the USSR.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)SO so scary. It's sorta like the new, I, proved Terra, Terra! TERRA!
litlbilly
(2,227 posts)Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)The greater issue is her taking so much money for so many years and then claiming to be completely uninfluenced by it. We know what she said to us, what did she say to them?
Just full disclosure.
Her exploitation of the cash strapped higher educational system is a question for later.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)MellowDem
(5,018 posts)Taking six figure sums from any organization for one speech is just another form of legal bribery IMHO. Especially when you're a "public servant" with political ambitions ahead.
Yeah, she's a privileged powerful politician, and she used that to her own advantage to the max, which shows me where her priorities lie.
The reason the Wall St. speeches get more play is that they have a ton of control on Capitol Hill and in our economy compared to any other legal bribes Clinton took.
Hillary really is in the pocket of the status quo, and her policies and actions prove it.
EmperorHasNoClothes
(4,797 posts)Because they're not in the position to destroy the economy again unless they are sufficiently regulated?
Recursion
(56,582 posts)Student loan debt is how much now?
Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)$200million for the Clintons, cashing in on their public service. I consider it to be sleazy, greedy, and corrupt.
I miss Harry Truman, and his post-presidency ethics.
Truman lived in an ordinary house in Missouri after his presidency, and wouldn't take any money from corporate interests because he knew they didn't want him, but were trying to buy the power of the presidency. Truman wouldn't sell it. The Clintons were happy to be bought.
This is why my Dad, a lifelong moderate Republican who is disgusted by Trump, won't vote for Clinton. If it's Trump vs. Clinton, he'll vote for a 3rd party.
mhatrw
(10,786 posts)She doesn't care if who she milks for her unconscionable speaking fees!
Not even public universities are immune to her all-consuming greed.
It's Hillarious that you would try to spin this as pro-Hillary. The whole pay-to-play system that she and Bill have profited insanely from is utterly corrupt, and this is the most egregious evidence yet of that undeniable FACT.
GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)only "help students find a way to pay" and 'stop the rise in cost.'
ucrdem
(15,512 posts)Dems are vulnerable on this point as the financial industry is a big contributor. Problem? Not when you consider the alternatives like Big Oil, KBR, and the rest of the global warmers.
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)why not advocate for tuition free universities?