International Business Times reports that University of Nevada students ask former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton not to accept $225 thousand for her speech at the annual gala at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, scheduled for October 13, 2014.
In the letter addressed to the Hillary Clinton’s family foundation in New York, students urged the potential Democratic presidential candidate not to take this speaker fee, but donate it to the University. The letter reads that the fee for her keynote exceeded an average annual payment of the state resident in four times.
The letter appeared after The Washington Post wrote that Hillary Clinton started to give lecturers after she left the government in early 2013. Each lecture was estimated at approximately 200 thousand U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, being an official, she earned $186 thousand a year.
Moreover, it turned out that her husband, Bill Clinton, makes for a living in similar way. The U.S. former president collected 105 million from his speeches. According to Bill Clinton, his family had a multi-billion debt as he was leaving his presidential post.
Earlier, Bloomberg reported that the couple was trying to shield some of its estate from the wealth tax. Being politically involved, both of them argued for this tax to avert the Americans from becoming rich by inherited wealth. With the estate tax, the per-person exemption is now $5.34 million.
Hillary Clinton is expected to win the Democratic presidential nomination to fight for the post in 2016. Promoting her autobiographical book Hard Choices, the former first lady said she and her husband left the White House dead broke in debt in 2001. Hillary Clinton explained that was the reason why she understood financial struggles of the U.S. citizens.
