Did Bill and Hillary Clinton Really Get $153 million in speaking fees?

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/05/politics/hillary-clinton-bill-clinton-paid-speeches/

$153 million in Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking fees, documented

(CNN)Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, combined to earn more than $153 million in paid speeches from 2001 until Hillary Clinton launched her presidential campaign last spring, a CNN analysis shows.
In total, the two gave 729 speeches from February 2001 until May, receiving an average payday of $210,795 for each address. The two also reported at least $7.7 million for at least 39 speeches to big banks, including Goldman Sachs and UBS, with Hillary Clinton, the Democratic 2016 front-runner, collecting at least $1.8 million for at least eight speeches to big banks.

The analysis was made at a time when Hillary Clinton has been under scrutiny for her ties to Wall Street, which has been a major focus of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail.
"What being part of the establishment is, is in the last quarter, having a super PAC that raised $15 million from Wall Street, that throughout one's life raised a whole lot of money from the drug companies and other special interests," Sanders said at Thursday's Democratic debate hosted by MSNBC.

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The Clinton campaign has been noncommittal about releasing transcripts of the paid speeches and Clinton has told reporters that she will "look into" making her remarks public.

[Warren Stupidity]

1. Yes but it is not really prostitution.

[flor-de-jasmim]

2. Or maybe speeches like these should be taxed at a higher rate

Hillary said that her experience and worldview as former SOS were sought. She was already compensated th ru her salary, paid by us. Same with Bill and other former presidents. If "our stock" has great value, should we also not share in that? One can view this as being analogous to inventing something on company time with company resources.

Further, just as former CIA officers need to have their books (and speeches?) approved, should not the same be required further up the food chain?