Would you like to be paid $50,000 dollars to give a speech?
According to the New York Times, all you have to do is get a job at the White House.
Well, you'd also have to work there for awhile, be in a position to learn interesting things you can share, and make sure your name is familiar to the public before you leave. But if you can do all that, once you leave the White House, you can make some pretty big bucks.
Former presidents, cabinet members, administration officials, and war heroes are in demand on the lecture circuit these days, and earn an average of $50,000 dollars per speech--People like retired general Colin Powell, former advisor to president Bush Karen Hughes, and former White House spokesman Ari Fleisher. Of course, former president Bill Clinton is the most in-demand speaker, and still gets more money than anybody else--Up to $400,000 dollars for a single speech
So, how many speeches do former White House staffers usually give? Sometimes two or three a week. Even at $50,000 a pop, if you made 2 speeches a week, that's over 5 million dollars a year.
So, what's the record price for a speech? Former president Ronald Reagan got 2 million dollars for two 20-minute speeches to a Japanese communications company in 1989--I guess it really does pay to be president.
Well, you'd also have to work there for awhile, be in a position to learn interesting things you can share, and make sure your name is familiar to the public before you leave. But if you can do all that, once you leave the White House, you can make some pretty big bucks.
Former presidents, cabinet members, administration officials, and war heroes are in demand on the lecture circuit these days, and earn an average of $50,000 dollars per speech--People like retired general Colin Powell, former advisor to president Bush Karen Hughes, and former White House spokesman Ari Fleisher. Of course, former president Bill Clinton is the most in-demand speaker, and still gets more money than anybody else--Up to $400,000 dollars for a single speech
So, how many speeches do former White House staffers usually give? Sometimes two or three a week. Even at $50,000 a pop, if you made 2 speeches a week, that's over 5 million dollars a year.
So, what's the record price for a speech? Former president Ronald Reagan got 2 million dollars for two 20-minute speeches to a Japanese communications company in 1989--I guess it really does pay to be president.
