Giuliani has 70 million dollars????? A former public servant has that much money?

[aquart]

Where did it come from???

[frogcycle]

1. take a guess

his chauffeur-turned police chief was a mobster...

[TwilightGardener]

2. Didn't he tap into (ie exploit) his 9/11 experience to found a lucrative

"security" firm called Giuliani Partners?

[hobbit709]

3. Now we know how much selling out pays.

[spanone]

4. guiliani cashed in big-time on 9/11

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0DE0D61F3DF931A15751C0A9629C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all

[TomInTib]

5. He's a sponge. It came from 9/11.

He set himself up as some kind of security poobah and people started giving him money.

I am pretty sure it was at the expense of the American Taxpayer.

And his speaking fees are enormous.

[ThomCat]

6. Corruption!

The way he ran NYC, you know he made some of his decisions based on real or implied promises of future payback.

And being a darling of the right after 9/11, he has been raking in a fortune as a speaker.

And, as a partner in a consulting firm who knows what he was being paid, or what he was being paid for.

[rusty charly]

7. another appropriate place to post this:

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0732,barrett,77463,6.html

[WI_DEM]

8. In the six years since 9/11 the was getting what? $50,000 per speech or more

even at that rate it would take a lot of loot to get $70 million.

[npincus]

9. It's the 9-11 ATM... his own personal cash cow

[mopinko]

10. consulting- the disguise of choice for so many crimes

money for nothing, or money for muscle.
what a slime bag. how does he even have the nerve to show his face, let alone campaign for the highest office. oy.

[speedoo]

11. 9/11....... 9/11.... 9/11..... 9/11.... 9/11....... 9/11.... 9/11.......

But you probably already knew that.

Only Bush and his cronies deserve to be condemned more than Rudy as vultures over the 9/11 victims.

[fishwax]

12. That doesn't seem unusual ... see the Gores or the Clintons

They've made plenty of money in investments, lectures, books, etc. ... so Giuliani being worth millions wouldn't be much of a surprise, I don't think ...

[ChairmanAgnostic]

13. overtime pay. Don't you get the same amount?

doesn't everyone?

[iamahaingttta]

14. I believe he's running for president...

...in order to pump up his speaking fees.
I don't think he has a chance in hell of actually winning, and I think he knows that.
Too many damn skeletons.
It's just a way for him to say "Former New York City Mayor and Presidential Candidate..."
Makes his speeches worth that much more.

[silverweb]

15. Frugal living and wise investing?

:rofl: :rofl:

[cobalt1999]

16. Shoot, Bill Clinton had a $10million speaking deal

Within one month of being out of office.

The last honest public servant was Jimmy Carter. Left office in personal debt. No big money speaking deals. Wrote books to pay the bills.

[Yavin4]

17. In Bill's Defense, He Also Had A Mountain of Legal Bills

Thanks to the right wing hate machine.

[aquart]

18. Let me know what's dishonest about lecture fees?

Are you say Bill is taking payoffs? Who is paying him off?

He was a POPULAR president. People actually do want to be in the same room with him.

[entanglement]

19. People pay big $$$ to hear Giuliani spew about 'leadership'