Clintons's $200,000 an Hour Pay From Goldman Sachs is Nothing to Laugh At

[pangaia]

Miles Mogulescu - Huffington Post

Goldman Sachs -- the investment bank that was so instrumental in causing the greatest economic collapse since the Great Depression -- pays Hillary Clinton $200,000 an hour or more to speak to their executives and investors. (The median income for an American family is $52,259 a year.)

What do Hillary and the Wall Street bank discuss that's worth over $200,000 an hour? And what does Goldman Sachs, and other Wall Street firms who have paid Hillary $2.5 million in the past two years, expect in return?

But, don't ask Hillary.

When asked by a reporter in Manchester, New Hampshire on Friday if she would release transcripts of her Goldman Sachs speeches, she laughed and turned away.

Democratic voters.. '...might also wonder whether Hillary's increasingly belligerent attacks against replacing private insurance with Medicare-For-All -- not just in short-term grounds of political feasibility but on long-term grounds that it's not right for America -- has anything to do with the $5 million in speaking fees she and Bill have received from the medical-industrial complex over the past two years.)"

Jeez, I've given lecture/recitals on the music of Stockhausen, Xenakis, Cage, Boulez... And that actually included doing something.. like... PLAYING MUSIC... and I know(well, knew) what I am talking about. But I sure never made that much.

Last I heard even Valery Gergiev only tops out at maybe $30,000. And he actually has a talent. (I know. Some may debate just how much, but that's for another time.)

I much prefer Maestro Myung-Whun Chung. Plus, he speaks at least 6 languages fluently.

OK, I am only allowed 4 paragraphs.. more at the link.




http://www.huffingtonpost.com/miles-mogulescu/clintonss-200000-an-hour_b_9069720.html

[valerief]

1. The average CEO gets over $5850 an hour, so that's like she worked 34 hours, a short week.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/04/06/how-much-ceos-earn-hourly/25353423/

The Chipotle CEO gets $13.5K an hour, more than twice what the average CEO gets and pretty much what the average senior gets annually from Social Security (well, until the GOP privatizes it; then it'll be $3K a year).

[pangaia]

4. Did you have to remind me!! :>))

What in the world does a person do with $13,500 per hour?

I mean.. How is it possible to spend it?

[valerief]

5. Spending is not on the agenda. Hoarding is. That money proves either

(1) Jesus loves him or (2) he's got the biggest dick.

[pangaia]

7. Every time I see your usename I read it as 'goodgrief.'

[valerief]

9. Ha! I feel so Charlie Brownish now.

[Motown_Johnny]

2. More like $250,000.00 an hour.

I guess the speeches only last about 45 minutes and Hillary was being paid $225,000.00 a pop.

[pangaia]

3. The $225,000 was apparantely special discount. :>)))

[Fumesucker]

6. Video or it didn't happen

I watched people in Golden Corral recently taking a video of their food before they ate, Golden fracking Corral, *everything* gets shot.

I don't think Hillary gave those speeches.

[CharlotteVale]

8. They would not pay that kind of $$$ without expecting something in return.

[sadoldgirl]

10. What would it say on the check?

"For services rendered?" or "to be rendered"?

[pangaia]

11. Good. very, very good..

I always got paid AFTER the gig.

I'll bet she doesn't.