Who received $150 million for speeches?

I visited the Reagan library in Simi Valley, California yesterday. It was inspirational and impressive.  If you are ever in the Los Angeles area, you should make the short trip.

Reagan worked his way to the top with professional integrity, christian principles and good-old American honesty. There were no stories of Reagan using the presidency for personal wealth. It was not American and 100% American he was. And now we have the generation of public officials that act contrary to these principles.

For example, the Clinton speech fees scream to be heard. That is correct. The Clintons have received more than $150 million for speeches. Evidently, they are far more inspirational than I ever imagined. Only a few days ago, Hillary admitted she had received $25 million in speech fees, but now the total for her and Bill is in excess of $150 million. I suspect there are some consulting fees they earned that have not been disclosed yet either. 

With this latest revelation, Sanders will have additional fodder to shovel on Hillary in the next debate. And you can be sure the speech transcripts will never be revealed under the guise that the speech text is owned by the clients not the Clintons. For that money, the clients may own the Clintons too and that may be Sanders' ultimate weapon.

What can Hillary possibly say that is worth $250, 000 (the average fee) to give a brief speech and answer a few questions? Nothing. Obscenities of obscenities, it would take the most gullible person in the world to see these fees as  anything other than a fee for face-time, special favors or navigational directions for driving legislation through the clandestine pathways of congress.

When Harry Truman retired from the presidency, he declared it would not be patriotic to make money from his time in the white house. He believed,  as I do, the presidency is a public service position and not a platform to create wealth based on information gained only through the office of president or any cabinet office, such as secretary of state.

Times have certainly changed.