Quote:Hillary Clinton on Friday said that she has donated all the money she has earned from her public speaking appearances at colleges and universities in the past year and a half to the Clinton Foundation.

“All of the fees have been donated to the Clinton Foundation for it to continue its life-changing and life-saving work,” she told ABC News. “So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation.” The Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation is a nonprofit focusing on global issues that was founded by former President Bill Clinton in 2001.

The former secretary of State reportedly charges about $200,000 for a speaking engagement, though recent reports suggest that she may have charged more from some universities. The Wall Street Journal reported that she was paid $300,000 for her appearance at UCLA in March.

The revelations about her speaking fees have sparked some outrage, particularly on the right. Students at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas are threatening to demonstrate against Clinton’s upcoming appearance at the school in October unless she returns the $225,000 the school is paying for her speech.

Last month, when responding to a question from Diane Sawyer about her speaking fees, Clinton said that she and Bill Clinton were “dead broke” after his presidency ended in 2000. She has backtracked from the “dead broke” comment, saying that it was “inartful.”

Clinton also told The Guardian, in a discussion about income inequality, that U.S. voters “don’t see me as part of the problem because we pay ordinary income tax, unlike a lot of people who are truly well off, not to name names.”

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The Clinton Foundation has already been exposed as shady and in financial trouble. Link

Quote:Hillary Clinton continued to justify her high-dollar speaking fees on Friday, telling ABC News’ Ann Compton that all of the money she’s made from colleges over the past year and a half has been donated to her family’s foundation.

“All of the fees have been donated to the Clinton Foundation for it to continue its life-changing and life-saving work. So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation,” Clinton said when asked about the criticism she and her husband have faced recently for their wealth.

Hillary Clinton reportedly makes roughly $200,000 for each speaking engagement. And recent reports show that she has made much more from some of the country’s top universities.

Last week, students at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where Clinton is scheduled to speak at a fundraiser in October, asked the former secretary of state to return her fee of $225,000 back to the university. If she does not, the students said they plan to protest her visit.

When asked to respond to the students’ plea during the ABC News interview, Clinton made no suggestion she would do as they’ve requested. Clinton said that as she travels the country speaking, she is presenting new ideas to help strengthen the economy, which in turn, will help lower income inequality.

“It’s been my experience,” Clinton said, “That they’re not worried about my speaking or my household, they’re worried about their own. And that’s the kind of debate I think I’m furthering as I go around the country speaking.”

Clinton’s response comes after a month of increased scrutiny over her family’s wealth. Throughout her book tour, Hillary Clinton has faced heat for telling ABC’s Diane Sawyer that she and her husband were “dead broke” when they left the White House.

Hillary Clinton is currently traveling in London where she is promoting her new memoir, “Hard Choices,” overseas.

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And remember Sarah Palin's speech at CSU and the uproar it created?

Quote:Update: Radar is reporting that California Attorney General Jerry Brown has launched an investigation into Sarah Palin's CSU Stanislaus visit. Brown is concerned over the fact that it took a bunch of students digging through the trash to reveal even the slightest bit of detail regarding the financial arrangements behind Palin's visit.

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A political scientist on Palin's speech:

Quote:“We have a ‘stirring-the-pot’ role to play in society. But that doesn’t mean you have to pay big bucks in tough times to give controversial speakers a platform. Expenses are one thing; a big fat speaking fee isn’t free speech.”

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Quote:Hillary Clinton on Friday said that she has donated all the money she has earned from her public speaking appearances at colleges and universities in the past year and a half to the Clinton Foundation.

What about her earnings from private speaking engagements?

Quote:Hillary's for-profit speaking gigs raise a serious question for a possible presidential candidate: Is she being courted by and/or providing access to the well-heeled companies and industry groups—including Goldman Sachs, the Carlyle Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, the National Association of Realtors, and the US Green Building Council, among many others—that have paid her to speak? "This is a great way for a company to get access to her, to hear what she's thinking, to be remembered if and when she does run for office, and to help her grow that nice little nest egg that she and her husband have been intent on building," says Meredith McGehee, policy director at the Campaign Legal Center.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014...house-2016

Quote:Last month, when responding to a question from Diane Sawyer about her speaking fees, Clinton said that she and Bill Clinton were “dead broke” after his presidency ended in 2000. She has backtracked from the “dead broke” comment, saying that it was “inartful.”

Definition of "inartful": awkwardly expressed but not necessarily untrue. Sounds like the typical three "C's" otherwise known as Clintonesque, Clintonspeak and Clintonspin.

Wonder if the lap-dog media will pay attention to this, I'd settle for as much coverage as Romney's bullying from 50 years ago.

She is worth as much as anyone is willing to pay for her. Apparently....millions.

(07-06-2014 12:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  She is worth as much as anyone is willing to pay for her. Apparently....millions.

Exactly, who is "anyone"? Exactly who is the "beneficiary" of the Clinton non-profit "Foundation'? Sounds more like a money laundering operation.

(07-06-2014 12:20 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  She is worth as much as anyone is willing to pay for her. Apparently....millions.

Exactly, who is "anyone"? Exactly who is the "beneficiary" of the Clinton non-profit "Foundation'? Sounds more like a money laundering operation.

Perhaps you are right. Isn't that how rich people operate? Keep the money in the hands of the rich?

(07-06-2014 12:32 PM)smudge12 Wrote:  She was as the speaker at my HS graduation a few years back which was pretty cool. This was at the time where she had yet declared her intention to go for the Democratic nomination, but everyone knew it was coming.

I don't believe she charged the school anything at the time though. Senator Dorgan's daughter was in my graduating class and he was able to get Clinton as our speaker because they were good friends.

Sent from the Alpha Quadrant using my Communicator.

Hillary did something for free? How dare you speak such blamsphemy.

(07-06-2014 12:22 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:20 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  She is worth as much as anyone is willing to pay for her. Apparently....millions.

Exactly, who is "anyone"? Exactly who is the "beneficiary" of the Clinton non-profit "Foundation'? Sounds more like a money laundering operation.

Perhaps you are right. Isn't that how rich people operate? Keep the money in the hands of the rich?

Wealthy conservatives give money to charity. Wealthy liberals give money to organizations which in turn give the money back to themselves. (Although some liberals, aka Gore, wont give away any of their money at all. They demand poor people to donate to their cause, giving them more money to fly around on their private jets, filling the atmosphere with their carbon pollution, and fondling massage therapist around the globe. )

(07-06-2014 12:37 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:22 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:20 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  She is worth as much as anyone is willing to pay for her. Apparently....millions.

Exactly, who is "anyone"? Exactly who is the "beneficiary" of the Clinton non-profit "Foundation'? Sounds more like a money laundering operation.

Perhaps you are right. Isn't that how rich people operate? Keep the money in the hands of the rich?

Wealthy conservatives give money to charity. Wealthy liberals give money to organizations which in turn give the money back to themselves. (Although some liberals, aka Gore, wont give away any of their money at all. They demand poor people to donate to their cause, giving them more money to fly around on their private jets, filling the atmosphere with their carbon pollution, and fondling massage therapist around the globe. )

Ever heard of the Giving Pledge? You might to be surprised to see who is on the list and their political affiliations.

(07-06-2014 12:42 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:37 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:22 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:20 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  She is worth as much as anyone is willing to pay for her. Apparently....millions.

Exactly, who is "anyone"? Exactly who is the "beneficiary" of the Clinton non-profit "Foundation'? Sounds more like a money laundering operation.

Perhaps you are right. Isn't that how rich people operate? Keep the money in the hands of the rich?

Wealthy conservatives give money to charity. Wealthy liberals give money to organizations which in turn give the money back to themselves. (Although some liberals, aka Gore, wont give away any of their money at all. They demand poor people to donate to their cause, giving them more money to fly around on their private jets, filling the atmosphere with their carbon pollution, and fondling massage therapist around the globe. )

Ever heard of the Giving Pledge? You might to be surprised to see who is on the list and their political affiliations.

Ever hear of a tax return. It shows EXACTLY how much someone donated to charity.

(07-06-2014 12:49 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:42 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:37 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:22 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:20 PM)SumOfAllFears Wrote:  Exactly, who is "anyone"? Exactly who is the "beneficiary" of the Clinton non-profit "Foundation'? Sounds more like a money laundering operation.

Perhaps you are right. Isn't that how rich people operate? Keep the money in the hands of the rich?

Wealthy conservatives give money to charity. Wealthy liberals give money to organizations which in turn give the money back to themselves. (Although some liberals, aka Gore, wont give away any of their money at all. They demand poor people to donate to their cause, giving them more money to fly around on their private jets, filling the atmosphere with their carbon pollution, and fondling massage therapist around the globe. )

Ever heard of the Giving Pledge? You might to be surprised to see who is on the list and their political affiliations.

Ever hear of a tax return. It shows EXACTLY how much someone donated to charity.

Yes. And everyone that donates to charity receives a tax break.

(07-06-2014 12:59 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:49 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:42 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:37 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:22 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Perhaps you are right. Isn't that how rich people operate? Keep the money in the hands of the rich?

Wealthy conservatives give money to charity. Wealthy liberals give money to organizations which in turn give the money back to themselves. (Although some liberals, aka Gore, wont give away any of their money at all. They demand poor people to donate to their cause, giving them more money to fly around on their private jets, filling the atmosphere with their carbon pollution, and fondling massage therapist around the globe. )

Ever heard of the Giving Pledge? You might to be surprised to see who is on the list and their political affiliations.

Ever hear of a tax return. It shows EXACTLY how much someone donated to charity.

Yes. And everyone that donates to charity receives a tax break.

And the Clintons get a tax break by donating money to themselves. Sweet.

(07-06-2014 01:02 PM)smn1256 Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:59 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:49 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:42 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  

(07-06-2014 12:37 PM)UofMstateU Wrote:  Wealthy conservatives give money to charity. Wealthy liberals give money to organizations which in turn give the money back to themselves. (Although some liberals, aka Gore, wont give away any of their money at all. They demand poor people to donate to their cause, giving them more money to fly around on their private jets, filling the atmosphere with their carbon pollution, and fondling massage therapist around the globe. )

Ever heard of the Giving Pledge? You might to be surprised to see who is on the list and their political affiliations.

Ever hear of a tax return. It shows EXACTLY how much someone donated to charity.

Yes. And everyone that donates to charity receives a tax break.

And the Clintons get a tax break by donating money to themselves. Sweet.

That may be so. They wouldn't be the only rich people however who move their money around for their own benefit.

That was the original point I was trying to make.

Most rich people want to stay rich.

So, she's part of the evil 1%.

Odd that Romney's wealth was held against him, but it's cool for the Clintons.

(07-06-2014 12:13 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  She is worth as much as anyone is willing to pay for her. Apparently....millions.

I agree. If people want to pay her to speak that's perfectly fine, just don't lie and say you're poor. And... don't chastise or persecute those who WORK for their substinence, like Mitt. Otherwise, you're just being a hypocrite.

That may be so. They wouldn't be the only rich people however who move their money around for their own benefit.

That was the original point I was trying to make.

Most rich people want to stay rich.
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But yet, if it's a conservative who is protecting his money the left will cry bloody hell over it.

You can't have it both ways, Fitty boy.