Lots of people annoyed about my Obama column, zero arguments for why any of the below is wrong. Because it's right. http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-wall-street-speaking-fees-2017-4 …pic.twitter.com/sC5kkNKK4O
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It could be. An uneconomic book deal could look fishy. But Obama is an ex-president with a huge fan base who's written bestsellers before.
The same market forces that explain his appeal as an author explain his appeal as a speaker. In fact, I think 400K is a discount
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I don't doubt that people want to see Obama speak. But his speech is being presented to the audience courtesy of Cantor Fitzgerald.
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What if Cantor Fitzgerald (or its senior employees) have business intrest entwined with <insert book publisher>? Is that not conflict?
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No. He's not a sitting politician or a public servant. Y'all are reaching to find a reason for not liking a choice a private citizen's made
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I totally agree. I'm just trying to see how far the big$ speech=corruption (optical or not) argument goes. Bernie played it out last year.
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If you add a time-machine so he can go back and use the money to influence decisions he made while in office, I'm with ya. Otherwise...
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I think so as well he is the best orator in the world. He should have charged them more.
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Nah, the first-and-to-date-only-black-president should be paid scale because there's this new standard that only applies to him. Anyone else
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"using the office of the presidency as a way to make money for himself with his business so he’s corrupt"
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We love to count black folks money
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