2016: In a party that thinks “Wall Street” is a
dirty word, Hillary Clinton is trying to square her anti-capitalist
rhetoric with the millions that she made giving speeches to Wall Street
firms. Hypocrisy, thy name is Hillary.
At a CNN-sponsored “town hall” after Clinton brayed about the evils of Wall Street, income inequality and a rigged economy, host Anderson Cooper asked her about her speaking fees, specifically the $675,000 that she made giving three speeches to Goldman Sachs.
For context, those three speeches alone earned Clinton nearly four times what the average chief executive in the private sector makes in a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Was that a mistake?” Cooper asked. “I mean, was that a bad error in judgment?”
“Look,” she told Cooper, “I made speeches to lots of groups. I told them what I thought. I answered questions.”
“But did you have to be paid $675,000?” Cooper asked.
To which Clinton said: “Well, I don’t know. That’s what they offered, so . . .”
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/heres-why-hillary-clintons-huge-goldman-sachs-speaker-fees-matter/
At a CNN-sponsored “town hall” after Clinton brayed about the evils of Wall Street, income inequality and a rigged economy, host Anderson Cooper asked her about her speaking fees, specifically the $675,000 that she made giving three speeches to Goldman Sachs.
For context, those three speeches alone earned Clinton nearly four times what the average chief executive in the private sector makes in a year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Was that a mistake?” Cooper asked. “I mean, was that a bad error in judgment?”
“Look,” she told Cooper, “I made speeches to lots of groups. I told them what I thought. I answered questions.”
“But did you have to be paid $675,000?” Cooper asked.
To which Clinton said: “Well, I don’t know. That’s what they offered, so . . .”
http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/heres-why-hillary-clintons-huge-goldman-sachs-speaker-fees-matter/
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