[throwaway_51661]

> Tell you what, why don't you start your rant with a list of these rich politicians who will grow even richer. Just a single name please.

Hillary Clinton.

https://www.rt.com/usa/327689-clinton-conflicts-state-depart...

And BTW grandparent is 100% correct. This is EXACTLY how communism starts. First they come for the people who are rich and successful ...

Throwaway account because it could hurt my career to declare my political views on a public forum in the US if I'm not a liberal.

[icebraining]

You know, $8M for 200 speeches isn't that much. People like Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell make ~$100k per speech, and they're not even former POTUSes.

[throwaway_51661]

The amount is not the point.

The point is, companies/lobby groups who directly benefitted from Hillary's decisions as a secretary of the state, paid Bill a lot of money to give speeches.

[tim333]

The amount is kind of a point. There are estimates of Putin being worth $200bn http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2015/02/15/putins-net-wort...

Now that's what I call enriching the politicians. The Clinton's money is more like a regular CEO salary.