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Josh Withey
Apr 28, 2017

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Former President Barack Obama has attracted a fair bit of criticism from the right for a recent speaking appearance he made at a Wall Street conference.
Mr Obama was paid a reported $400,000 fee for his speech at Canto Fitzgerald's healthcare conference.
Predictably, right-wing commentators and Trump supporters have leapt on the price tag of the speech, which is around the same as his annual wages when President, accusing him of hypocrisy.
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However, everyone seems to be missing a very, very important point.
In his 99 days as President so far, Donald Trump has wracked up an estimated $3 million tab of taxpayers money for travel and security costs, as he jets back and forth from the White House and his golf resort Mar-a-lago.
This was perfectly summed up by stand up comic and activist Nick Jack Papas, who posted this.
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"Let's keep our priorities straight."
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