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Rich friends

Daniel Ruth lambastes candidate Hillary Clinton in the Feb. 4 article Hillary Clinton’s rich friends are a problem for taking speaker fees. But he neglected to mention that Donald Trump charged $1.5 million per speech. Al Gore has having charged more than $100,000 per speech.

As for having “rich friends,” if millionaires want to pay me $200,000 for a speech that makes them feel better about themselves, sign me up. It doesn’t necessarily make us friends.

Tim Turman, Cutler Bay

This story was originally published February 6, 2016 at 12:00 PM with the headline "Rich friends."

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