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comment by jadedog
jadedog  ·  2520 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Barack Obama's $400,000 speaking fees reveal what few want to admit

From what I've read, it's not about the amount of money for the people I've read who are criticizing. It's about the source of the income. The speech is to Cantor Fitzgerald, a Wall Street banking and investment firm.

I didn't see those same people balking when Obama accepted the $65M book deal. That wasn't seen as a Wall Street type firm.