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Originally Posted by Wayland Woman
Guess you missed the part in the article about George W. Bush getting $15 million for delivering 140 speeches in 2 1/2 years since leaving the White House. Give him as many years out of office and he'll be up there with Clinton in earnings from speeches.
I wish the OP would explain why he thinks a past president being on the speech making circuit is "selling out". They'll all done it after they've been out of office a few years. It's not like they can go to work at McDonald's afterward to earn a living.
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Let me spell this out for you very simply, as president (both parties) you support government contracts thru your various departments, especially the Pentagon, Armed Services, and Department of Transportation. These lucrative contracts make huge profits for private corporations who at some later date pay you back by paying you hundreds of thousands of dollars for say a 15 or 20 min speaking engagement.
Most times the taxpayer is ripped off by paying several times what the goods or services are worth and sometimes the projects are complete pork that does nothing for the taxpayer whatsoever.
Other examples are the banking bail out and deregulation legislation.
This is another example of corporate ownership of government.
It is indefensible and only someone who is either on the take, or has their head stuck in a hole in the ground and refuses to see the truth.
But then some people are happy to be serfs and peasants.