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I pledge to donate $50 to Clinton's campaign! (Original Post) Bread and Circus Feb 2016 OP
Not enough. The transcript for eash speech cost someone about $1,250... PoliticAverse Feb 2016 #1
someone also got paid to write the speeches demwing Feb 2016 #2
Maybe We'll get lucky and that Waiter/Waitress or busboy who recored a speech Ferd Berfel Feb 2016 #3
I will pay nothing angrychair Feb 2016 #4

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)
1. Not enough. The transcript for eash speech cost someone about $1,250...
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:02 PM
Feb 2016
Recording Clinton’s speech is prohibited, but the sponsor must agree to pay $1,250 to a stenographer, who will transcribe the speech for Clinton’s records.

(From: https://theintercept.com/2016/02/05/heres-what-clintons-paid-speaking-contract-looks-like/ )

 

demwing

(16,916 posts)
2. someone also got paid to write the speeches
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:23 PM
Feb 2016

doubtful that Clinton wrote her own...

Surely someone out there is ready to stir the pot?

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
3. Maybe We'll get lucky and that Waiter/Waitress or busboy who recored a speech
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:27 PM
Feb 2016

with their phone will finally send it to youtube?

angrychair

(8,732 posts)
4. I will pay nothing
Mon Feb 8, 2016, 09:42 PM
Feb 2016

And demand them none-the-less. In a bid for highest public office in our country, as a voter and citizen, I have a right to know.

If nothing else comes of this election, I truly hope that people at least learn the lesson that our government should be accountable to us, the voters. No matter how rich, no matter which party you are in, you must answer to the voter.

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