after 35 years of dedicated public service on behalf of all the American people, is about half a million. Check this out, from an editorial in today's New York Times:
"Since 2001, she and Bill Clinton have earned more than $125 million for speeches, many of the most lucrative made before financial groups. That does not account for the millions given directly to her campaign, and to political action committees backing her. Nearly 15 years after the 2001 attacks, Mrs. Clinton was earning more than $200,000 for a 20-minute speech. Most of those took place behind guarded doors. But one can guess that she and the financial executives were not still talking about 9/11."
That's right, $125 million. Their rhetorical skill must surpass the abilities of Cicero, Daniel Webster, Frederick Douglass, Abe Lincoln, and Martin Luther King - added up and squared.
The full editorial is here: www.nytimes.com/… Note that this is from their Editorial Board.