A stirring call to action by Hillary Clinton, she sounded the battle cry. Charismatic, almost cult-like; Charles Manson would be proud. I wonder if Queen Hillary and Princess Chelsea waived their speaking fees of $250,000 and $65,000 respectively. The $250,000 doesn’t seem like an excessive fee when being entertained by a queen, but $65,000 for Chelsea does seem a bit much.
Although this 34-year-old lacks the worldly experience of her mother, Princess Chelsea earned this for a 10-minute talk at the University of Missouri – paid for by private donors — not by the University. Chelsea’s average fee is usually $75,000.
Colin Powell or Madeline Albright do not command that amount for their engagements, but then again they are just world leaders, apparently lacking the vast experiences of Ms. Chelsea.
While the queen attacks the rich “elitists” of America for taxes or for just being rich, Chelsea, she, and Bill rack up millions in speaker fees. Have no fear though; according to their sources, these fees go directly to the Clinton Foundation.
However, at this point none of the Clintons has divulged publicly just how much actually ends up in the foundation coffers. The Foundation has been put on the “Charity Watch List” by the Charity Navigator, a well trusted source as a of charity watchdog. Charity Navigator placed the foundation on its list due to the minute percentage (10 percent) of monies actually donated to the needy.
As a sidebar, while Hillary rants about those who don’t pay taxes, consider this: Any money the Clintons donate to, or are paid by, the foundation for their charity work, in most cases, is not taxable. Another sidebar, one of their cronies, Al Sharpton, is also on the watch list for failure to pay payroll taxes. So much for the elite.
Chelsea is said to earn more than $1 million a year from speaking engagements and as a part-time “Special Correspondent” ($600,000) to NBC. Has anyone seen her on NBC lately? During a 2014 “Fast Company” interview the princess stated she does not care about money. How many 34-year-olds working two jobs, supporting a family, buried in student loan debt, have you heard say that?
Only those with a net worth of $15 million that possess a spotty résumé, low on experience but high on financial references, can utter these words. Is Chelsea becoming another funnel for corrupt persons of the world to feed the Clinton machine? Is she being groomed for the next wave of “Clinton Politics”?
Stand by for the next chapter in the “Saga of Crooked Hillary,” “Zipper down Bill,” and their emerging princess.
Joel Kinsman
Peachtree City, Ga.
