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Sat Apr 16, 2016, 05:48 AM Apr 2016

Sanders earned less in a year than Clinton in a single speech

Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders earned less in 2014 than Hillary Clinton did in just one of her 45 paid speeches that year, a new report says.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/276520-report-sanders-earned-less-in-a-year-than-clinton-in-one

Clinton gave multiple speeches in 2014 worth more than Sanders’s entire income that year.
... the former secretary of State gave speeches worth $225,000 to GE, $325,000 for the National Automobile Dealers Association and $280,000 for Deutsche Bank AG.

CNN’s analysis found that Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, earned a combined $153 million in paid speeches between February 2001 and last May.
The pair gave 729 speeches, worth an average payday of $210,795 per address. At least 39 events took place with major financial institutions, netting the couple $7.7 million.

Hillary Clinton, the current Democratic presidential front-runner, collected at least $1.8 million herself in at least eight speeches before big banks.

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Sanders earned less in a year than Clinton in a single speech (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Apr 2016 OP
Pity those tax returns were such a letdown. beam me up scottie Apr 2016 #1
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