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Old 08-18-2016, 08:06 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by woj View Post
Bush's <1M/year income was BEFORE he became president.... Obama earned a relatively modest income of something like $200k/year before becoming president too...

while Clintons earn $20M/year before becoming president (with significant portion of that attributable to Hillary herself)

just pointing out that Clinton's income before becoming president is unusually high among recent presidents... so it's a bit naive to think that she has any real understanding of problems facing the middle class...
I never said she has any connection with regular working people. I was simply pointing out that Bill Clinton was insanely popular when he left office which helped him get paid handsomely to make speeches. We will see the same thing from Obama. Obama isn't as popular as Clinton was, but in this day and age his favorably is good. Many places will pay him large sums to come talk to him.

Also, a lot of these speeches after the fact are, in effect, repayment for the president or his administration doing something that benefited those who are now paying him.
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