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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: About that AFT for Hillary thing... had been made long before it was announced in July. [View all]questionseverything
(9,679 posts)12. 10% spent on good works seems low
One of the mantras one must invoke when discussing the Clinton Cash controversy is to say that whatever one might think of the pay-to-play aspects of the former first familys charitable endeavors, the Clinton Foundation does a lot of good work around the world. But now that more of the press is finally asking tough questions about the Clintons activities, it appears that their charity may not pass the basic question donors ask of any philanthropy: how much of the money raised is actually spent on the causes you are supposed to be aiding? Though the foundation has claimed that 88 percent of its expenditures are spent on good deeds, their own tax filings reveal that the real number is about ten percent. But far from being an unrelated, albeit embarrassing, sidebar to the allegations about influence peddling, this data is a reminder that the main point of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation is to support its namesakes in a lavish fashion and to allow wealthy donors access to them.
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i am also a little shocked about $600,000 teacher dollars going to the clintons too
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About that AFT for Hillary thing... had been made long before it was announced in July. [View all]
Omaha Steve
Oct 2015
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FAUX News stirring the pot and Sanders supporters with their spoons ready.
Metric System
Oct 2015
#1
I haven't read it yet. Why don't you simply refute anything that is not true in the article? You
sabrina 1
Oct 2015
#7
If you can see my post, but not the post of sabrina 1, I don't know what to say.
merrily
Oct 2015
#25
I think you'll find that many of these endorsements were pledged after she lost in 2008.
frylock
Oct 2015
#4
You place credence in watchdog.org? That probably says way more about you than you intended.
MADem
Oct 2015
#29
The source is rather dispicable. Watchdog dot org affects a "nonpartisan" stance, but all their
MADem
Oct 2015
#27
Scraping the bottom of the right wing barrel, too. Watchdog.org has a far right wing lean.
MADem
Oct 2015
#31