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Re:Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech? by lx0741 on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:34AM (#12519692)
It's a legal way to baksheesh them! Nicolas Sarkozy then a random french president got payed over 200000 euros to give a 15mn speech at a Qatar based event. Qatar did really well in Business with the french since then. That's how it works!
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Re:Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech? by thomasahle on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:43AM (#12519719)
Well this is exactly what fta is about. People also give this kind of money to famous non politicians.
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Re:Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech? by coldtea on Saturday September 17, 2016 @06:41AM (#12519963)
>Well this is exactly what fta is about

No, tfa explicitly downplays this.

>People also give this kind of money to famous non politicians.

Only famous non-politicians have interesting and specific things to say (e.g. someone like Malcom Gladwell, etc). Few care what a politician has to say, after all they hear what they have to say all the time, in interviews, public statements, campaign speeches, etc.

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Re:Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech? by crdoconnor on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:04PM (#12521606)
>Only famous non-politicians have interesting and specific things to say (e.g. someone like Malcom Gladwell, etc)

Malcolm Gladwell is paid to be a presentable face for the tobacco, banking and pharma industries:

http://shameproject.com/profile/malcolm-gladwell-2/

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Re:Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech? by coldtea on Saturday September 17, 2016 @02:55PM (#12521844)
AND also sells millions of books to people who just want to read what he says.
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Re:Why Do Famous People Get Paid $250k to Give a Speech? by lx0741 on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:55AM (#12519746)
Maybe because they influence the people who vote
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