If you follow the money trail you end up learning all you need to know about a candidates priorities, character and management skills.
Hillary Clinton is a rich woman. Much of her money was earned making speeches. In fact, The Guardian reports that Hillary and Bill Clinton earned more than 25 million usd for giving 100 speeches. Amazing stuff. Who pays this kind of money and why do they pay it?
How rich is Hillary Clinton? Well, in addition to earning (along with Bill) more than $30 million since 2014, Hillary earned more than Sandersâ entire net worth in one speech sponsored by telecom giant Qualcomm.
Sanders reported a net worth of $330,507 in 2013. In October of 2014, Hillary earned $335,000 to speak at a Qualcomm event in San Diego. The tech company, which has donated generously to the Clinton Foundation, has also lobbied the federal government to approve the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement. Sanders is firmly opposed to the agreement; so are labor unions and liberal heartthrob Elizabeth Warren. Hillary, meanwhile, has repeatedly failed to take a position, despite having praised the agreement on numerous occasion during her time as secretary of state.
Several months after the Qualcomm speech, Clinton was paid $150,000 to address the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, an institution that has been the subject of multiple U.S. investigations, and has been accused of helping Enron commit fraud by misleading investors. Clintonâs total haul for those two speeches alone ($485,000) is greater than Marco Rubioâs reported net worth ($443,509 in 2013).
There is no doubt, Hillary is leaving Bernie in the dust as far as campaign donations go. Also the source of the donations is stunning. 81% of Bernie's funds are from small donors, compared to 17% of Hillary's haul. But, when you look at their expenditures something else is revealed. The WSJ, who is all about money, says that Bernie is winning the money race.
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton won the fundraising competition, but rival Bernie Sanders snagged the award for running the more frugal operation, campaign finance reports filed this week show. Sen. Sanders of Vermont has been waging a campaign with a fraction of Mrs. Clintonâs overhead.
The Clinton campaign payroll dwarfed that of Mr. Sanders, who is running second in the Democratic field. Mrs. Clinton spent nearly $3.7 million on campaign salaries; Mr. Sanders, $112,000.
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Mrs. Clinton, a proven fundraiser, has outraised Mr. Sanders in the last quarter by about $47 million to $15 million.
But Mr. Sanders has one advantage: If he can continue to keep costs down, he wonât need as much money.
We'll soon find out if The Beatles had it right when they sang
Money Can't Buy Me Love .