The Magic of Free Markets

Via the Superficial, I learn that reality stars cunts like LC from The Hills makes somewhere in the range of $10,000-25,000 an EPISODE. Fine whatever, if that's the going rate I'm glad MTV pays it. I can't get enough of these shows. This though, threw me for a loop:

[...]Or speaking fees—around $5,000 to $10,000 per appearance, says Robert Tuchman of TSE Sports & Entertainment.

What? Someone is hiring these girls for speaking gigs? I'd hire them at a $10,000 "appearance fee" if it didn't involve speaking. Or clothes. I'd just make them hold up big signs that read "Rob is the Best." Or, "My! What a Large Cock Rob has!" And so on and so on. But hiring them to speak? To people? For $5,000-10,000 a pop? Wow. What a world we live in. Check out Hills episodes online for a better appreciation of these master wordsmiths.