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Who Are Washington's Most Expensive Speakers?

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Recently, we’ve taken a look at some of the details surrounding speeches made by Bill and Hillary Clinton. As discussed in April, Goldman Sachs paid Bill Clinton nearly a quarter of a million dollars for a speaking engagement before lobbying Hillary’s State Department in an effort to secure $75 million in financing for a Chinese company that would later purchase aircraft from a Goldman-owned manufacturer.

Seperately, we outlined Hillary Clinton’s keynote speech requirements which include the customary $225,000 plus a “chartered roundtrip private jet”, $1,000 for a stenographer, and a host of other “incidentals.”

But the Clintons actually come cheap compared to a certain former Fed chair. Here’s a look at speaking engagement rates for some well-known former and current US officials (and one real estate magnate whose relevance to this list isn't immediately discernable):

 

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Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:02 | 6161590 Teaser
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Yes, but Bernanke only accepts gold in payment.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:14 | 6161627 SickDollar
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WTF  Chelsae Clinton gets paid to speak???? About fucken what ??? boy the system is really at the end

 

 

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:48 | 6161724 WTFUD
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You get a Blow Job thrown in though SD.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 23:52 | 6161874 Titus
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And how exactly is that a benefit?

That's like paying extra at a zoo to fuck a curly red haired baboon spawned from Satan's own cunt.

Seriously, that thing supposedly came out of Hillary's cunt. I can't think of ever wanting to put my dick in anything that's been near that thing.

 

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 03:48 | 6162125 potato face
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 05:52 | 6162203 Canoe Driver
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It's amazing to see how many still wonder what these people are being paid for. Of course it's not for anything they have to say. Trump may have a certain celebrity value, but in most cases, speaking fees are a rather obvious work around to bribery laws. More often than not, the services in question have already been rendered, but it can also be used to funnel money to a politician (or her daughter) for prospective favors.

The minute the economy cracked, all these problems got worse, almost overnight.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 08:12 | 6162379 pemdas
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Hey, Chelsea is a world renowned expert on diarrhea.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/03/chelsea-clinton-is-obsessed...

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 08:44 | 6162444 justinius1969
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For sure she is not scared to spout verbal diarrhea...

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:36 | 6161959 monkeyboy
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You get a Blow Job thrown in though SD.

 

I'd be asking for a refund.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 01:10 | 6162014 eatthebanksters
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Chelsea = member of the lucky sperm club.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 01:26 | 6162027 franciscopendergrass
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does that make Monica Lewinsky a member of the lucky "spermed" club

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 05:22 | 6162182 Chaos Trend
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You get a Blow Job thrown in though SD.

Wait. I gotta' give her a blowjob too? What kind of Kafkaesque nightmare is this?

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 08:32 | 6162418 Grinder74
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Well she does have those puffy cheeks which can store a lot of cum.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:49 | 6161728 Miffed Microbio...
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Let me make a wild guess. She uses a Telepromter.

I can't imagine why anyone would give that horse faced, arrogant spoiled brat any attention. She and her mother should study the demise of another arrogant bitch, Marie Antoinette.

Miffed

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:38 | 6161962 Kirk2NCC1701
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Christine Lagarde = Marie Antoinette II

"Let them eat Debt"

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 01:57 | 6162049 Laowei Gweilo
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diarrhea

it's a topic she's really passionate about

srs. google it.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:06 | 6161602 FrankDieter
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Yeah, right !

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:07 | 6161605 Rektors
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You mean he only accepts Bitcoin.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:11 | 6161623 seek
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Dick Cheney being worth as much (as less?) as Chelsea Clinton is the only justice on that chart.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 23:03 | 6161767 stewie
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Well said my friend.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:21 | 6161636 MASTER OF UNIVERSE
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Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:15 | 6161639 MASTER OF UNIVERSE
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I won't give any speeches for under $1.6 M ever again if Trump gets $1.5 M. I like how Cheney gets the same amount for a speech as Chelsey Clinton. That must rot Cheney's socks big time.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:17 | 6161644 i_call_you_my_base
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I'd like to see Cheney try to give a motivational speech.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 23:05 | 6161774 CrimsonAvenger
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I'd like to invite him to speak and have a guy wearing a Scream mask waiting in the green room.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:44 | 6161968 Kirk2NCC1701
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He did: "The Deficit doesn't matter".

Clearly he understood fiat currency plus Global Reserve Currency a lot better (when he said ) than almost anyone, including Libertarians.

This gave the Wall St Banksters and MIC executives  a big woody.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 01:29 | 6162031 franciscopendergrass
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I would love to see Cheney give a speech on gun safety or foreign policy through detente

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 08:34 | 6162422 Grinder74
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You weren't at this one?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzs-OvfG8tE

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 01:42 | 6162038 pupdog1
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They're worried that his dodgy ticker will vapor lock in mid-sentence, thereby giving them poor value for their payola dollar.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 03:42 | 6162117 caustixoid
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His transplanted ticker came from a young man so no such luck. 

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:19 | 6161651 wendigo
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I don't waste money on expensive speakers. I'm no audiophile. 

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 23:15 | 6161754 JuliaS
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I wouldn't listen to Bernanke even if he paid me for it. I'm no fedophile.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:24 | 6161664 Yen Cross
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 I can't believe Geithner gets $200k per speech. Maybe that's what he gets for his tax evasion speeches every 2nd Sunday of the month, from his cabana in Grand Caymen.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:29 | 6161680 nmewn
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He's really rakin it in with his new "Timmy's Turbo-Tax For Dummies" book & software line.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:26 | 6161672 nmewn
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Its not immediately discernable to me either.

Outside of Chelsea & Trump both having bad hair and never having been "directly employed" by .gov.

Maybe if we run it by a power/inheritance/influence "imputed social value" it will look different? ;-)

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:28 | 6161678 rwe2late
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The international elite have ways to reward their political sycophants.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-public-speaking-racket-tony-blair-and-t...

 

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:42 | 6161702 Goldilocks
Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:20 | 6161942 DeadFred
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A classic West Chustle tune. West Coast Swing/Cha Cha/Hustle, fusion dance at its best.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:42 | 6161705 Pancho de Villa
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I wouldn't give a Peso to hear all of 'em.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:51 | 6161737 q99x2
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Since when can George W. Bush speak?

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:56 | 6161753 WTFUD
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True! . . and if Bernanke quivers as much as he does at those congressional hearings you're in for one helluva night.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 08:24 | 6162397 venturen
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I would take Bush over Obama....at least you would get a couple laughs

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 08:34 | 6162426 Grinder74
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He just hands out Texas Rangers sports memorabilia.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:52 | 6161741 WTFUD
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Donald duck Trump started one of them speeches on the 19th hole in Aberdeen , Scotland and it cost him around £4 million before he was sent packing.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 22:54 | 6161747 Mini-Me
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You'd have to pay me $200K to listen to Hillary.  Have you heard this bitch give a speech?  I'd rather be dragged across a cheese grater.

Cicero she ain't.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:54 | 6161991 Bear
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Go to the back of the line.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 23:14 | 6161775 kahunabear
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It costs a lot to have Trump use his extensive vocabulary including adjectives like "amazing" and "really great".

Chelsea Clinton 75k? Why? What has she ever done?

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 05:43 | 6162197 Canoe Driver
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Hiring Chelsea to speak is obviously another way of funneling money to the Clintons. Much of this money is paid for services already rendered.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 23:27 | 6161820 Razzle Dazzle
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These paymeents are in the open for all to see, "fair days work" it could be said. It passes an auditors muster. Those suspicious minds out there might think that they get more than a speech for 10 minutes. Odds are that those who contribute to a certain foundation may have seen these talks a few times. Interestsing times when this doesn't raise an eyebrow. Keep on working and pay tax to keep the printing machines loaded. Just don't look up or question the masters.  

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 23:41 | 6161844 pragmatic hobo
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donald trump probably pays himself to speak ...

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:53 | 6161988 Bear
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He certainly likes to hear himself talk.

Wed, 06/03/2015 - 23:44 | 6161854 Dixie Flatline
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Trump is the only one who has actually created value in that list.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:47 | 6161974 Surging Chaos
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Where's Alan Greenspan? Wasn't he commanding $250k+ speaking fees too?

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 00:55 | 6161986 Bear
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Chelsea Clinton ... 75,000 WTF ... You know the fix is in ... Wow, I just noticed SickDollar had the same comment ... sorry Sick

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 01:47 | 6162041 The Ingenious G...
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I've been to some of those speeches and they go something like this:

B Clinton: I was president and you weren't.

H Clinton: My husband was president and yours wasn't. I'm gonna be president and you're not.

C Clinton: My dad was president and yours wasn't. My mom's gonna be president and yours isn't.

D Trump: I've driven a bunch of companies into bankruptcy and you haven't. Whoops! I mean, I'm rich and your not.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 02:30 | 6162066 pcrs
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It is not for the speaking they are paid.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 03:11 | 6162088 MarkGoldman
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I'd smoke a joint with Shrub, I'd even supply the dope. 

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 05:33 | 6162190 Firewood
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Proof positive if Mercans were still dubious....Money talks and bullshit reigns supreme in the land of eternal gaga.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 07:30 | 6162297 BeaverCream
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Would you rather:

Pay to listen to Chelsea Clinton go into detail about her latest bowel movement?

or

Pay to listen to Bernanke describe his manscaping routine in graphic detail?

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 07:41 | 6162310 gcjohns1971
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Good God.

What has Chelsea Clinton ever done that can be spoken of for a fee?

Passage through the 'right' birth canal?????   Not even the traditional Royals are so brazen.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 07:43 | 6162314 overmedicatedun...
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In your face payoffs, the art form for public speakers, late of .gov..ever see these reptiles in public after an event?? sorrounded by thug SS and police, pushing the crowd of serfs like a battle ship thru the sea.

corruption and bribes in your face..eat your peas.

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 07:55 | 6162344 mikesap
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Sarah? Really?!!

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 08:25 | 6162401 venturen
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best rack in the bunch!

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 08:25 | 6162400 venturen
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Isn't Chealsea Clinton getting paid...called an Allowance?

Thu, 06/04/2015 - 10:54 | 6162940 Minburi
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Wow! I wonder how much Hillary charges to iron my shirts.

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