上面这篇cnn上的东西,非常优雅地说出了我的感觉。不管喜不喜欢克林顿夫妻,这两个人还是有水平有内涵的。人家愿意付费请他们去演讲,他们去了,有什么不对吗?可能有人觉得是花街是因为政治原因讨好他们,故意送钱给他们?他们收费演讲的阶段,是老公卸任,老婆竞选之前啊。我跟上面的作者一样,也去参加过一次比尔在花街的演讲。当时就知道公司是付了钱的,但是最近才看到具体的价格。可不可以说,it was worth every penny, and some。 他全程脱稿,不温不火,循序渐进,对答如流,非常精彩。他是律师出身的政客,跟一帮花街的狼群对话经济金融,并不比人慢一步,聪明,反应快。演讲后,全体standing ovation. 加一句,公司本身共和党的人怕还多一点,但好的演讲就是好的演讲。他有这个资格有这能力,别人也有请他的意愿,怎么就成了黑点了呢?难道做过总统后,就该是无产阶级,不能谈钱了吗?
前两年在业界妇女会议上又看过一次比尔的演讲。那次他讲得多的是他的慈善基金,还有女性和事业。那次应该是没收费吧,反正没在最近满天飞的list上看到过。希拉里的演讲我很久以前看过。当时她是第一任第一夫人期间,估计也没收钱。很长的演讲,也是全程脱稿。那个她说得多,和观众交流少。尽管这样,她的风度气质还是很能hold the audience, 抑扬顿挫,娓娓道来。所以说,如果有人愿意出价请她去演讲,我觉得不奇怪,我也不会觉得她收钱是赚了任何人的便宜。
我不会选希拉里,但我觉得为了演讲这事黑她,太冤了。
又记:克林顿夫妻演讲收入共计$154米,其中希拉里约$22米。两人的演讲收入中,来自花街的不到$8米,而希拉里个人仅$1.8米,不到她个人部分的十分之一,在家庭收入里也就略高于1%。但现如今,两党揪她演讲辫子的只揪花街,所谓的conflict of interests似乎只有涉及到花街才适用,别的各行各业付钱听演讲都没问题,但轮到花街,那可是大丑闻!
回复 'tzuuyi' 的评论 : So you dislike her because she charged too much for her speeches? The price of her speeches, like most goods or services, was determined by supply and demand. She was able to offer something that no one else was able to offer, and therefore she was able to command a high price. If anything, it signifies her extraordinary talent, and the appreciation she was able to garner. To use that against her is quite incredulous. That said, I agree with you that she does NOT actually know or understand people of lower social economic status, despite her repeated claims to the opposite. I call that phony. For that reason, I won't vote for her. But not because she was able to charge hundreds of thousands of dollars for each of her speeches.
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回复 '笑薇.' 的评论 : 是有这么一说。问题是,显然夫妇二人为许多行业做过演讲,收取过报酬,可为什么单把花街提出来,作为丑闻大肆渲染?花街演讲收入不到希拉里演讲收入的百分之十。我不知道金融业占GDP百分比多少,但和S&P的百分比相比,这个比例并不过分。为什么给别的行业演讲,收同样多的钱,似乎意见不多;但一提花街,那就一定有conflict of interests,就一定有受人贿赂这一说法呢?可不可以认为,民主党以及其民众,就认定应该是反花街,反金融资本市场的,所以给律师演讲没问题,给医生演讲没问题,给高科技演讲没问题,给石油化工演讲没问题,。。。,但给做投资的演讲就不行?
另,bail out 花街的大多数人为是布什末期就开始了,Hank Paulson策划操持的,他不还背了大黑锅的吗。同时Bailout 的还有Fannie, Freddie, 各大汽车公司,等等。 说都是奥巴马所为,不客观,不公平。
You probably are rich. A million dollars for you is ONLY. Most of us are not rich. Most of us dislike people who demand 300k for one lecture and luxurious private jets and presidential suits and claimed they know poor people and middle class because we know they are lying thru their teeths.