Current Events > Are you disappointed with how Obama is taking $400K for a Wall Street speech?

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Samurai_Shinjo
05/01/17 11:47:45 AM
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Does that tarnish is reputation IYO?

I'm not sure how to feel about this...
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Burgess
05/01/17 11:48:33 AM
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How would this tarnish him. Like what is the threshold on how much he should get paid.
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FrisbeeDude
05/01/17 11:49:10 AM
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Nope. Get that money
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Antifar
05/01/17 11:49:38 AM
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I'd have to expect otherwise to be disappointed by it. But I think it's a bad look.
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Letron_James
05/01/17 11:49:43 AM
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No because he holds no public office and has 0 impact on policies going forward. Not like he even had an impact for 80% when he was president since half of congress actively tried to deny him at every possible chance.
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DragonPick
05/01/17 11:49:58 AM
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Shit, I'd do it too. I'd do it twice. I'd take more if I could.
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku
05/01/17 11:50:02 AM
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It's bad optics, no matter how you slice it. To be a real trendsetter, he should donate those payouts to any number of charitable organizations.

Didn't he just sign a book deal for a cool $65 million?
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Antifar
05/01/17 11:50:48 AM
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku posted...
Didn't he just sign a book deal for a cool $65 million?

Right. Basically no one has an issue with that.
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Caution999
05/01/17 11:51:19 AM
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Imagine if Trump did this after his presidency....


"Omg what a greedy son of a bitch!!!"
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Paper_Okami
05/01/17 11:51:34 AM
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Antifar posted...
I think it's a bad look.

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Steve Nick
05/01/17 11:51:59 AM
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He's just following in Hillary's footsteps.

Watch out, it's HIStory not HERstory
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lilORANG
05/01/17 11:52:30 AM
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idgaf, it'll keep him busy and hopefully out of politics
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Darkman124
05/01/17 11:52:50 AM
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the issue is the message it sends is 'the ability to do this was negotiated while he was still president' even if that never happened

and yeah it sucks, the book deal is fine because nobody is worried about the power wielded in american politics by the mighty penguin publishing.
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TomNook20
05/01/17 11:52:51 AM
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lilORANG
05/01/17 11:53:00 AM
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Steve Nick posted...
He's just following in Hillary's footsteps.

Watch out, it's HIStory not HERstory

he's actually making way more per speech because Obama is way cooler than Hillary. I bet she's jelly af.
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Tropicalwood
05/01/17 11:54:40 AM
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TomNook20 posted...
Hillary 2.0.

Except he was president.

Didn't both Bill and Hillary do this though....

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Steve Nick
05/01/17 11:54:50 AM
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lilORANG posted...
Steve Nick posted...
He's just following in Hillary's footsteps.

Watch out, it's HIStory not HERstory

he's actually making way more per speech because Obama is way cooler than Hillary. I bet she's jelly af.



According to my calculations she made about 78 cents for every dollar that Obama made on his speech.
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Mister_Spyker
05/01/17 11:55:25 AM
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Good, maybe he'll put the money to good use.
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Balrog0
05/01/17 7:47:34 PM
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elected democratic politicians in my state are talking about how they'd do it and we would too if we had the chance so I'd say that means the general opinion is that its a shitty thing to do and makes him look bad
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Antifar
05/01/17 7:48:43 PM
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Balrog0 posted...
elected democratic politicians in my state are talking about how they'd do it and we would too

How are they so bad at this
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Samurai_Shinjo
05/02/17 9:06:22 PM
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Bump
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KYOJIROKAGENUMA
05/02/17 9:07:40 PM
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Caution999 posted...
Imagine if Trump did this after his presidency....


"Omg what a greedy son of a bitch!!!"


We already think that now about him...

It would kinda be expected, in fact, I'll call it right now....

TRUMP WILL TAKE MONEY TO SPEAK AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY
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Alucard188
05/02/17 9:08:11 PM
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Ex-presidents take fees for speaking engagements all the time. If somebody is speaking at an event, they are quite likely being paid to be there. I have no problems with Obama doing it. I didn't have any problems with Dubya doing it, either.
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Z_Zenkai1992
05/02/17 9:08:29 PM
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1NfamousACE_2
05/02/17 9:13:17 PM
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Why does it matter to people?
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3rd_Best_Master
05/02/17 9:15:12 PM
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KYOJIROKAGENUMA posted...
Caution999 posted...
Imagine if Trump did this after his presidency....


"Omg what a greedy son of a b****!!!"


We already think that now about him...

It would kinda be expected, in fact, I'll call it right now....

TRUMP WILL TAKE MONEY TO SPEAK AFTER HIS PRESIDENCY

Is there a reality where he won't?
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Antifar
05/02/17 9:15:21 PM
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1NfamousACE_2 posted...
Why does it matter to people?

Because after spending his presidency helping Wall Street out, to make taking their money one of his first post-presidency actions is, well, curious.
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Dash_Harber
05/02/17 9:15:44 PM
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No. He's not a politician now, he's allowed to sell his time.
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Zack_Attackv1
05/02/17 9:16:13 PM
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This isn't a new concept.
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Behaviorism
05/02/17 9:19:08 PM
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Asking CE if they are against any format of capitalism is Luke asking if the club your about to go into has a cover charge. These are obvious answers.
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