Bernie Sanders earned $1,867.42 in speaking fees - compared to the Clintons' $153m

[theBLADE1]

Bernie Sanders donated all of his speaking fees to charity. Can you take a guess at what Hillary Clinton did with her money?

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...s-compared-to-the-clintons-153m-a6861951.html

Hammering home his message that Hillary Clinton has sold her soul to Wall Street and America’s wealthy elite, Senator Bernie Sanders highlight tonight that he had a mere $1,867.42 in fees from three speaking engagements last year. And he gave it all to charity.

After the surprisingly meagre sum was reported by the New York Times, the Sanders campaign chose swiftly to broadcast it, embedding the relevant paragraph in an email to reporters.

In debates and on the campaign trail, Mr Sanders, who appears set comfortably to defeat Ms Clinton here tomorrow, has repeatedly declared that in the last year alone, the former first lady had pocketed $675,000 from Goldman Sachs alone for three speeches.

An analysis by CNNmeanwhile showed that both Mrs Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton,had togeter earned more than $153m in paid speeches since 2001. It worked out at an average pay-day per speech of $210,795.

“Voters should be grateful for the government transparency laws that required Senator Bernie Sanders, a rival to Hillary Rodham Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination, to reveal how much he made last year in speaking engagement fees,” the Times said.

It's time for people to quit pretending like this is acceptable behavior from a potential future president to accept that much money from banking institutions that she claims to be trying to gain control over. This speaks directly to the character of the Clinton's and shows the kind of judgment they use and whom they are actually beholden to. Money in politics is one of the most serious issues that has plagued our country for almost the past two decades and leaves major holes for corporate interest to influence our politicians on their behest.

Oh and she wasn't in those meetings with Goldman Sachs telling them to quit their risky behavior either.She will never release the transcripts of her meetings because she already knows it would ruin her campaign. Don't believe me? Listen to what an attendee had to say who was present in one of her meetings to the financial institution.

http://nypost.com/2016/02/09/hillary-clinton-gave-goldman-sachs-a-rah-rah-speech-attendee/

“It would bury her against (Bernie) Sanders,” said the source. “It really makes her look like an ally of the firm. “It was pretty glowing about us,” the source told Politico. “It’s so far from what she sounds like as a candidate now. It was like a rah-rah speech. She sounded more like a Goldman Sachs managing director.”

People are sick and tired of money in politics and Bernie Sanders has said he will make sure he nominates Supreme Court justices that will vow to repeal citizens United. If you consider yourself or your family middle-class and want to see your prospects rise then there really isn't much of a choice to be made here. You have to go with the candidate who has over the course of four decades shown incredible leadership and fantastic judgment and who has been fighting for your rights since before you were born. FeeltheBern!!!!!

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

two years ago nobody gave a shit about Bernie Sanders...
two years from now, nobody will either.

 

[Joe Wong]

two years ago nobody gave a shit about Bernie Sanders...
two years from now, nobody will either.

Lol what does this even mean?

2 years before Obama got elected no body gave a shit about him. 2 years before bill Clinton got elected, no body gave a shit about him.

What are you on about? Bernie will go down as one of the greatest presidents in history, Mark them words.

 

[theBLADE1]

two years ago nobody gave a shit about Bernie Sanders...
two years from now, nobody will either.

If you in any way like Bernie Sanders then this is the type of attitude that won't get you the things you want. It's defeatist in every sense of the word. There are so many people who like Bernie Sanders but hold on to this narrative that he would just be a come and go politician like Ron Paul.Sanders is speaking to a real movement in America and we should all jump on the opportunity to elect one of the most honest and upstanding presidents in the history of our country.

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

Lol what does this even mean?

2 years before Obama got elected no body gave a shit about him. 2 years before bill Clinton got elected, no body gave a shit about him.

What are you on about? Bernie will go down as one of the greatest presidents in history, Mark them words.

All I am saying is that people/businesses would not have been knocking down his door for paid speeches. That's all. So of course the amount of money he made would be less than Clinton.

Not a Clinton or sanders supporter.

 

[MicroBrew]

These 'speaking fees' are partly bribes. Just like how powerfull government figures are hired on as 'consultants' by companies.
These banks and others can't just hand over large lumps of cash because that would be too dam obvious , so they concoct speaking arrangements, which has the added bonus of publicisng the company to those invited to the event.

Clinton is no progressive, she and Bill have been dam good at deceiving the liberal base. I used to be a Clinton supporter.., used too...

 

[Krallang]

I understand your Bernie enthusiasm. As a OG Ron Paul volunteer from 2008 I know you're caught up in the momentum.

I just don't think there's a need to post every chain email from the Bernie campaign as it's own individual thread. Take Lead salads lead and post that shit in one thread.

 

[Queen B]

Just goes to show how stupid he is. Like how he takes Coach class because he thinks he can get the empathy vote

 

[chardog]

These 'speaking fees' are partly bribes. Just like how powerfull government figures are hired on as 'consultants' by companies.
These banks and others can't just hand over large lumps of cash because that would be too dam obvious , so they concoct speaking arrangements, which has the added bonus of publicisng the company to those invited to the event.

Clinton is no progressive, she and Bill have been dam good at deceiving the liberal base. I used to be a Clinton supporter.., used too...

That's an interesting take on things. Trump use to do a ton of speaking events for money, before he even had political aspirations.

Private speaking fees, where someone like hill c has no business at does raise flags.

 

[theBLADE1]

I understand your Bernie enthusiasm. As a OG Ron Paul volunteer from 2008 I know you're caught up in the momentum.

I just don't think there's a need to post every chain email from the Bernie campaign as it's own individual thread. Take Lead salads lead and post that shit in one thread.

I wanted this to be seen by as many people as possible rather than getting lost amidst an already ongoing discussion.

 

[Queen B]

Bernie is the kind of idiot that would donate his car to the needy and walk 20 miles to work a day.

 

[theBLADE1]

Don't feed the troll above me LOL

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

I don't see the issue. Lot's of accomplished and intelligent people can earn speaking fees if they either

A) Know what they are talking about

or

B) Are perceived to be knowledgeable about certain topics and or people want their opinion because their opinion matters.

The fact that Sanders can't draw the future inventors, innovators or leaders of tomorrow to listen to him let alone get paid for talking says a lot. Plus the Clinton foundation has done more for people and humanity than Sanders will ever and even he will admit that . Sanders, Senate record is pretty empty he has done very little in all his years in office.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

I understand your Bernie enthusiasm. As a OG Ron Paul volunteer from 2008 I know you're caught up in the momentum.

I just don't think there's a need to post every chain email from the Bernie campaign as it's own individual thread. Take Lead salads lead and post that shit in one thread.

Ron Paul 2020Believe!!

 

[ShoelessRye]

Because nobody cares what he has to say - he's an ineffectual career back bench senator from Vermont.

 

[LucasWithLidOff]

Bernie is the kind of idiot that would donate his car to the needy and walk 20 miles to work a day.

How does that make him an idiot? If everyone were like that, we'd have a lot less needy people.

 

[theBLADE1]

I don't see the issue. Lot's of accomplished and intelligent people can earn speaking fees if they either

A) Know what they are talking about

or

B) Are perceived to be knowledgeable about certain topics and or people want their opinion because their opinion matters.

The fact that Sanders can't draw the future inventors, innovators or leaders of tomorrow to listen to him let alone get paid for talking says a lot. Plus the Clinton foundation has done more for people and humanity than Sanders will ever and even he will admit that . Sanders, Senate record is pretty empty he has done very little in all his years in office.

No it's because Hillary Clinton represents Wall Street and corporate interest. Glad to see you're still blinded by your Hillary Clinton support and facts no longer matter to you. I would work on your character judging skills.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

Also, that source is as valid as the "alleged reports" of Obama being a 'secret Muslim' that were floating around the internet when he was running. Or people from Obama's past saying he is a 'communist at heart'. Complete garbage lies.

Also, what do you mean by "Wall Street & Corporate Interests"? Do you ignore all the work Clinton has done to combat rabid GOP led efforts for Corporate dominance? Just because someone takes a different approach to Wall Street and Corporate America does not mean they want to have corporations dominate at the expense of the country they love.

What is wall street currently doing that upsets you? Do you not like the fact that you don't know what tomorrows stock price high will be? Do you expect constant increases? Just what is it?

 

[PolishHeadlock]

So Hillary paid a lot more in taxes it would seem.

 

[klimt]

Because nobody cares what he has to say - he's an ineffectual career back bench senator from Vermont.

Fine, but I couldn't imagine getting a whole lot of anything from a 1.5 hour Hillary speech either.