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In response to
"Part of what I find particularly distasteful about this particular inquiry is that it is casting the Clinton Foundation (and therefore everyone -- (edited)"
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pmb
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This is the kind of post that sorta pisses me off. Not every objection view of the CF exonerates it.
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You guys appear to bend over backwards to ignore even the idea that something *could* be problematic about it, least of all that there are problems with how it is run/used. We already know from our chat a few weeks back that the CF spends very little on fundraising compared to similar and like foundations and charities. So that's why the following raises eyebrows:
"Over the past 15 years, the Clinton Foundation has raised a staggering sum, close to $2 billion, from corporate titans, foreign governments, political donors and other wealthy entities, according to an investigation by the Washington Post. Many of these donors have multiple agendas in addition to their wish to do good. According to the Washington Post, almost half of the major donors who are backing Ready for Hillary, a lobby group promoting her presidential run this year, as well as nearly half of the so-called bundlers, the fundraisers who solicited and pooled her campaign funds in 2008, have given at least $10,000 to the foundation, directly or indirectly through foundations and companies. Donations from banks and other financial institutions account for the largest share of the foundation’s corporate benefactors. Its perhaps most controversial donors are foreign governments or other foreign entities, such as the governments of Oman and Kuwait, which are by law not allowed to give any form of donation to American politicians running for office."
Two questions:
1) Is it a good idea that the political machine of a Presidential candidate is so entwined with their personal foundation that receives far less scrutiny in the public eye?
2) Do you believe that those governments cited gave money to the fund because they agree with the altruistic goals of the Clintons?
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