2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWall Street has made Hillary Clinton a millionaire
As Clinton tries to talk tough about how she will stand up to America's biggest banks, her Democratic rivals are likely to remind voters just how cozy she's been with Wall Street.
Clinton made $3.15 million in 2013 alone from speaking to firms like Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank and UBS, according to the list her campaign released of her speaking fees.
"Her closeness with big banks on Wall Street is sincere, it's heart-felt, long-established and well known," former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley has said on the campaign trail.
While Clinton has given paid speeches to many groups, Wall Street banks and investment houses made up a third of her speech income.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/13/investing/hillary-clinton-wall-street/
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
leveymg
(36,418 posts)These are states that are notorious for bribery of western politicians on a huge scale. Google: al-Yamamah
antigop
(12,778 posts)leveymg
(36,418 posts)Hence, the Poodle burying the Major Crimes investigation of BAE slush funds and kickbacks to Bandar.
But this really goes back to 1976 and the Safari Club deal between outgoing DCI Bush, Princes Adnan and Turki and the heads of 4 or 5 western intel agency to spinoff and privatize black operations to the Saudis and BCCI. Hillary did a good job when Stephens lawyered up after the Worthing National Bank takeover by BCCI. Bill was useful to the Iran Contra operation, another BCCI program.
Hell they all practically adopted each other: Poppy, the Clintons, Bandar and Bill's roommate at Georgetown, Prince Turki, and the Poodle.
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)This meme has been posted here for the 327th time.
Either the intended audience has very bad memory or is mentally challenged otherwise.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)I would say that earning fees from speeches is a good sight more honorable than intentionally defrauding a large bank by listing a one million dollar endowment as an asset on your college's balance sheet when you know darn well that the person who left the endowment is still alive. And then accepting a $200,000 golden parachute after the loan goes south, and the college damn near fails. Just saying. . . .
cosmicone
(11,014 posts)jalan48
(13,901 posts)cosmicone
(11,014 posts)WOW .. just WOW
jalan48
(13,901 posts)truedelphi
(32,324 posts)Experience while Senator Hillary Clinton helped out Wall Street?
How is it that the one and only Clinton offspring, Chelsea, has the ability to be a hedge fund manager, and so, she was in a position to oversee billions of dollars in Corporate Investment Accounts.
Hydra
(14,459 posts)For their continued services rendered.
BuelahWitch
(9,083 posts)What did you expect her to do?
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)if they don't publicly acknowledge it. It's pretty undeniable because the numbers are the numbers. The difference is, they don't care.
giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)Repeat: that's income, not total net worth.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)New details have emerged from a bias lawsuit filed by three former employees of Merrill Lynch against the company, which alleges that during training they were instructed to read a book called Seducing the Boys Club: Uncensored Tactics From a Woman at the Top and emulate its advice.
The tips in the book, published by New York Magazines The Cut, are truly shocking. I play on [mens] masculine pride and natural instincts to protect the weaker sex, says a section of the book advising women on how to get men to do their work. Unless he is morbidly obese, there is no man on earth who wont puff up at this sentence: Wow, you look great. Been working out? suggests a portion on diffusing tense situations.
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These demeaning and rather tragic pieces of advice might well be a reality for many women on male-dominated Wall Street. Its a known Boys Club, and Wall Streeters have a track record of using women as scapegoats, instead of treating them as equals. Women are vastly underrepresented in the finance industry much more so than in other areas and hold only 8.6 percent of executive officer jobs. Women also earn less than men in finance; the top six jobs with the biggest pay gaps are financial.
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)I guess.
dogknob
(2,431 posts)... and the one after that is during an AFC divisional playoff game.