2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumDo you think the Clinton Foundation's use of shell companies is part of something
untoward? Has anyone seen the Foundation's taxes? Should we expect to see them?
What does the Foundation *actually do* anyway?
It just seems awfully odd to me that the Clintons have amassed such an enormous amount of wealth just a decade after they left the White House so broke they ate gravy in order to send Chelsea to school. I am so afraid they might be caught up in some kind of tax or money-laundering scandal, and she's not even out of the woods yet on the potential indictment that could come down from Justice on the investigation they are doing on an entirely unrelated matter.
She lost the race 8 years ago, and now she's back for a second try, but she's limping into her "home" state battered and bruised from a literal crushing several weeks of defeats. I just have concerns that with any one of a number of things could come up that would be ugly for the party to have to deal with, and this Foundation thing smells more than fishy to me.
dchill
(38,545 posts)If you know what I mean.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)rabid Clintonite just now.
pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)And some people say,"You're missing out on all those opposing viewpoints. You might learn something."
But, get real, I only ignore those who present no actual viewpoint. That just happens to be a lot of them it seems.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)DemocracyDirect
(708 posts)If they did, then there is an issue.
If a lot money flowed through to the Clinton Foundation or Clinton Foundations partners abroad...
there could be an issue depending how much.
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)the Foundation and some Canadian Charity.
DemocracyDirect
(708 posts)Insiders have already suggested that Hillary Clinton sounded like a senior manager/partner at Goldman Sachs and that she blamed irresponsible behavior of homeowners.
And yes there is the possibility of pay for play and influence peddling through the Clinton Foundation.
These kind of foundations for past presidents have questionable optics for retired presidents.
For people in senior administration or future president it's incomprehensible.
This could be a buffet for Republicans to attack.
Duckhunter935
(16,974 posts)Arizona Roadrunner
(168 posts)Why Hillary Clinton's Goldman-Sachs speeches matter.
http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/04/12/hillary-clinton-goldman-sachs-why-it-matters/
Can a tax payer sue Clinton for release of those speeches to Goldman-Sachs? If Goldman-Sachs tax deducted those speeches as an "expense", then it would be interesting to find out if a regular taxpayer has "standing" to sue. This would be based on the "regular" taxpayer paying more in taxes or getting less in services because of the lost revenue to the government due to the $675,000 tax deduction.
This situation is why she stands at between 57% and 59% disapproval rate. Her lack of perceived "honesty" makes her a VERY flawed candidate. Frankly, if she were to get elected, if Republicans retain control of the Senate and House, they will file impeachment charges on day one, and there will a transaction by transaction investigations of her and Bill's speeches, their "foundation" and ties to decisions made while she was Secretary of State such as the Swiss bank UBS situation.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/07/hillary-helps-a-bankand-then-it-pays-bill-15-million-in-speaking-fees/400067/
The bottom line is there are too many risks for her getting elected let alone being allowed to govern due in large part to the and Bill's actions. Is it true they registered corporations in Delaware? If they did, the only reason one does that unless they live in Delaware is to evade and/or avoid something.
George II
(67,782 posts)And she's not "limping" into her HOME state (the one Sanders fled about 50 years ago!) "battered and bruised" by a few losses in small, rural open caucus states.
You apparently don't even know the nature of the FBI investigation.
As for your question about what does the Foundation do anyway? You didn't do your homework.
This is what it does:
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative
silvershadow
(10,336 posts)no assets. Thought you knew.
George II
(67,782 posts)silvershadow
(10,336 posts)Well it might take a few minutes, I'm going through my history as we speak. I will edit this post ongoing until I find a source for you. While I am reading, here's what all I am going through...It will be in one of these:
Inside Panama Papers: Multiple Clinton connections
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article72215012.html
Clintons omit shell company from public financial files
http://nypost.com/2015/05/26/clintons-omit-shell-company-from-public-financial-files/
randome
(34,845 posts)That's been widely disseminated on this site already.
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uponit7771
(90,364 posts)pdsimdars
(6,007 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)If it walks like a corrupt crook, if talks like a corrupt crook, if it hides things like a corrupt crook.
It's a corrupt crook.