Well this is exactly what fta is about. People also give this kind of money to famous non politicians.
No, tfa explicitly downplays this.
>People also give this kind of money to famous non politicians.
Only famous non-politicians have interesting and specific things to say (e.g. someone like Malcom Gladwell, etc). Few care what a politician has to say, after all they hear what they have to say all the time, in interviews, public statements, campaign speeches, etc.
Malcolm Gladwell is paid to be a presentable face for the tobacco, banking and pharma industries: