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Colin Powell net worth is $60 million.

Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:12 pm
Posted by nuwaydawg
Member since Nov 2007
1918 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:12 pm
Not bad for a soldier and government worker that was paid less than $300,000 for a few years of government service.

LINK

Eisenhower warned us of this.
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:13 pm to
Jesus.
Posted by homesicktiger
High altitude hell
Member since Oct 2004
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:13 pm to
Systemic racism in action
Posted by Linoge
Member since Jun 2013
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:14 pm to
How much of that would you guess came from China? 75%?
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:14 pm to
Politics are LUCRATIVE!
Posted by deltaland
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:15 pm to
Now revisit what Trump said about him in his statement and tell me if he is right or wrong
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
15476 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:15 pm to
I'm sure he got millions from defense contractors!
Posted by 14&Counting
Eugene, OR
Member since Jul 2012
37592 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:15 pm to
Guy has been out of government for awhile...so lobbying, board of director gigs, speaking gigs, and book deals.....yeah could see how he got to that number...probably could have banked more if he was a complete whore like Biden.
Posted by OMLandshark
Member since Apr 2009
108098 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:15 pm to
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How much of that would you guess came from China? 75%?


Nah, oil barons.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63866 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:16 pm to
He had a lucrative speaking career. I was present at one of them. It was a very high dollar affair. A large convention with $1000 tickets and 20,000 attendees Id imagine.

Also consider hes a boomer so anything he saved over time saw the Dow go from 1000 to 35,000.
This post was edited on 10/19/21 at 5:22 pm
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
111498 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:18 pm to
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He had a lucrative speaking career. I was present at one of them. It was a very high dollar affair.


You do know speaking fees are paid for influence, right? He’s not imparting $100k of wisdom in 30 minutes.
Posted by Godfather1
What WAS St George, Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:20 pm to
It’d be interesting to see what “boards” he sat on.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63866 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:23 pm to
He had been long retired. 2014ish.

John Huntsman was there too, speaking.

They both gave very good speeches too.
Posted by troyt37
Member since Mar 2008
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:31 pm to
Don't like Colin Powell any better than the rest, but he has written (or had someone write for him) 20 or more books. Even some modestly well known public figures make bank off of books.
Posted by EA6B
TX
Member since Dec 2012
14754 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:33 pm to
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He had been long retired. 2014ish.


His ability to make things happen in the business, and political arena using the connections he had made doesn’t end with retirement.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63866 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:34 pm to
quote:

You do know speaking fees are paid for influence, right? He’s not imparting $100k of wisdom in 30 minutes.


In Powell's case, a $20 million security convention is paying for headlining speakers to sell tickets, not 30 minutes of wisdom. $100,000 would be cheap. He probably got more than that. People spend more than that on a fricking wedding.
Posted by Lima Whiskey
Member since Apr 2013
19100 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:37 pm to
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director gigs, speaking gigs, and book deals


These are all forms of bribery

They occur as part of a quid pro quo.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora, Georgia
Member since Sep 2012
63866 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:41 pm to
If all Powell got from the Illuminati was $60 million then he got ripped off.
Posted by Bass Tiger
Member since Oct 2014
45986 posts
Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:43 pm to
What do you think Comey is worth? Or any other federal bureaucrat that moves between the MIC and their federal bureaucrat appointments?
Posted by Toomer Deplorable
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Posted on 10/19/21 at 5:46 pm to
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