Bill Clinton Rakes In Big Bucks, Former President Is Doing Gangbusters On The Lecture Circuit, The Washington Post Reveals - CBS News

Bill Clinton Rakes In Big Bucks, Former President Is Doing Gangbusters On The Lecture Circuit, The Washington Post Reveals - CBS News: "(CBS) The Skinny is Hillary Profita's take on the top news of the day and the best of the Internet. The Washington Post's front page has some fun with Sen. Hillary Clinton's recently filed financial disclosure statements, required under Senate ethics rules. According to those statements and interviews with speech organizers, it appears that Bill Clinton has been doing gangbusters with speeches in the past six years, raking in nearly $40 million during that time period, according to the Post, which notes that Clinton 'came to the White House with modest means and left deeply in debt.' Last year was particularly lucrative, earning the former president $9 to $10 million for lectures, averaging almost a speech a day, 'but only about 20 percent were for personal income.' Two speeches on the same day in Canada earned Clinton $475,000 – 'more than double his annual salary as president.' "