Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Miles from the Mainstream
D. R. ZUKERMAN, proprietor

Like F. Scott Fitzgerald Advised, the Rich ARE Different From the Rest of Us

April 19, 2016 --

Shaun King, in the Daily News, April 12, reports that the $675,000 that Hillary Clinton received for three speaking appearances at Wall Street’s Goldman Sachs, is double Sen. Bernie Sanders’ net worth, said to be $330,000. Shucks, that’s nothing.

It would take the LPR proprietor 45 years to see his social security income reach $675,000. Will the establishment please explain how a candidate, who in three appearances got paid $675 K, can have a smidgen of a clue what life is like for the rest of us?

Will someone at Goldman Sachs explain the value it received – or expects to receive -- in exchange for three speaking appearances by Hillary Clinton in exchange for $675,000? Or is it that at Goldman Sachs, 675 thou is chicken feed?

Sorry, a “what difference, after all, does it make?” response won’t fly with LPR.