Edwards Charges $55,000 To Speak To UC Davis Students About Poverty
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who as a Democratic presidential candidate recently proposed an educational policy that urged "every financial barrier" be removed for American kids who want to go to college, has been going to college himself -- as a high paid speaker, his financial records show.
The candidate charged a whopping $55,000 to speak at to a crowd of 1,787 the taxpayer-funded University of California at Davis on Jan. 9, 2006 last year, Joe Martin, the public relations officer for the campus' Mondavi Center confirmed Monday.
And how many scholarships could be available to low-income students for $55,000? What a jackass. What do you expect for someone who champions the poor, yet worked for a hedge fund that specialized in predatory lending.
