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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
The ownership of the company doesn't matter to me as much as the facts that Obama has to write a book for the one and just show up and give a speech for the other, and that the publisher is going to receive concrete value from selling copies of the book. YMMV.
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Let's say his book is 60,000 words. That's $1,083 per word.
Let's say his speech is about and hour at 125 words per minute (no idea about either). That's $53 per word.
Both are writing jobs. He's probably getting paid a lot less for the speech.
ETA: And that's why it's so weird to stake out the position that the issue is how much he's getting paid. If you're anti-Wall Street and think he shouldn't associate with a bond trading firm (which at least some of the complainers don't know isn't a bank), then fine. If you're not, you really shouldn't think the issue his that he's getting a "big" fee.
