Yes, Mrs. Clinton was speaking at the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries convention. According to the trade group's Twitter account, she told the crowd that "#recycling can stimulate the economy/ offering real value/ helping economic recovery."
This insight cost the recyclers north of $200,000 or $250,000, Mrs. Clinton's reported per-gig speaking fee. The speech was part of a whirlwind West Coast jaunt last week that included talks at the Marketo Marketing Nation Summit and the Western Health Care Leadership Academy, the annual confab of the California medical provider lobbies.
Speaking tours are routine for politicians looking to build a personal fortune by cashing in on their celebrity—and in the honest-living department, patronizing trade associations beats her husband's doings with Ron Burkle and the Riadys of Indonesia. Since leaving the State Department, Mrs. Clinton has also spoken in front of clients of Goldman Sachs, KKR and the Carlyle group.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Hillary Speaks Goofy Scrap Recycling Stimulus (For Big Bucks)
Paul Krugman would be proud. WSJ reports on her West Coast big bucks tour:
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-- This insight cost the recyclers north of $200,000 or $250,000, Mrs. Clinton's reported per-gig speaking fee. --
ReplyDeleteWell, you can be sure that there are speakers with greater insight on the industry that will provide better bang for the buck, but in this case the members of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries were engaged in the great old tradition of feathering Mrs. Clinton's nest, if you catch my drift.
The only thing being recycled is more tired statist rhetoric, delivered with all the enthusiasm of monotonic drone. People actually plunk down a quarter million for this crap?
ReplyDeleteThese are campaign bribes. Nothing more.