John Edwards gives a speech about poverty: charges $55,000

[Klorox]

FoxNews.com

Report: John Edwards Charges $55,000 for Speech on Poverty Tuesday , May 22, 2007 John Edwards has an example to teach University of California at Davis students how to avoid poverty — charge $55,000 for a speech. That's how much the 2008 Democratic presidential candidate negotiated for his fee to speak to 1,787 people at the taxpayer-funded school in January 2006, according to financial disclosures. According to Joe Martin, the public relations officer for UC Davis' Mondavi Center, the fee for a speech entitled, "Poverty, the Great Moral issue Facing America," was worth it to school officials. Martin told The San Francisco Chronicle that the center paid Edwards because at the time "he wasn't a (presidential) candidate and from our point of view, he was a speaker of interest that people in the community were clearly interested in ... we feel it's our mission to present those speakers." Click here to read The San Francisco Chronicle report on Edwards' speaking fees. The speaking fee, which amounts to about $31 per audience member, was the highest Edwards earned in nine appearances last year at colleges and universities. In all, he earned $285,000 for the nine speeches. Incidentally, students at all of California's public universities will pay a 7 percent increase in tuition next year.

Oh the irony.

[Arvon]

Can you find ANY pol that's not a sham?

[Kakero]

Nothing strange, people will pay lots of money to hear someone talk about something that can never be achieve other than the person who is talking about it.

[Lucern]

Seems like he makes quite a bit from it, and it seems that he's not alone:

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar...s_161m_income/

Giuliani's biggest single source of income between January 2006 and February 2007 was from speaking engagements, which took him around the world. He grossed $11.4 million in speeches . He typically charged $100,000 per speaking engagement and as much as $200,000.

I've heard these guys speak. Wouldn't pay to see them lol.

[Bozos of Bones]

I remember this guy selling a book titled "How to get Rich Fast" on the internet for something like $49.95. The book contained ~250 blank pages, except for the phrase "This is how you do it."
Kinda reminds you of it, doesn't it?