How long was the talk? An hour? 700k per hour for a talk? What was so groundbreaking that a public official was paid 700k/hour but didn't say it in public?
> This isn't ideal but public service isn't a vow of poverty and someone will pay them. What is important (and appears to be the case here) is that they are public and disclosed. Citadel is only 10% of her overall speaking fees over two years. She owes them nothing.
When we give money to someone, there is an expectation of receiving something in return.
I might switch to writing code on an iPad. Even after all these years of writing code using a keyboard, I still think better with a pen.. I realize that I'll be pushing text slower with a pen, but I'm that hoping the quality will improve!
If you give a judge a slice of pizza and they accept it, they can be fired.
We all understand this. Yet, "speaking fees" are accepted =)