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In reply to the discussion: Hillary and Bill earned every penny they have. [View all]OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)70. They made money the old fashioned way - by exploiting minorities.
The Clinton Foundation - About
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/our-work/by-initiative/clinton-foundation-in-haiti/about.html
The Clinton Foundation has been actively engaged in Haiti since 2009, focusing on economic diversification, private sector investment and job creation in order to create long-term, sustainable economic development. After the devastating earthquake in 2010, President Clinton formed the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund and raised $16.4 million from individual donors for immediate earthquake relief efforts. Since 2010, the Clinton Foundation has raised a total of $34 million for Haiti, including relief funds as well as projects focused on restoring Haiti's communities, sustainable development, education and capacity building. In 2012, the Clinton Foundation concentrated on creating sustainable economic growth in the four priority sectors of energy, tourism, agriculture, and apparel/manufacturing, working to bring new investors, develop and support local organizations and businesses, and create access to new markets. The Clinton Foundation also continued working to support government efforts to improve Haitis business environment and supported programs in education and capacity building.
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/our-work/by-initiative/clinton-foundation-in-haiti/about.html
The Clinton Foundation has been actively engaged in Haiti since 2009, focusing on economic diversification, private sector investment and job creation in order to create long-term, sustainable economic development. After the devastating earthquake in 2010, President Clinton formed the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund and raised $16.4 million from individual donors for immediate earthquake relief efforts. Since 2010, the Clinton Foundation has raised a total of $34 million for Haiti, including relief funds as well as projects focused on restoring Haiti's communities, sustainable development, education and capacity building. In 2012, the Clinton Foundation concentrated on creating sustainable economic growth in the four priority sectors of energy, tourism, agriculture, and apparel/manufacturing, working to bring new investors, develop and support local organizations and businesses, and create access to new markets. The Clinton Foundation also continued working to support government efforts to improve Haitis business environment and supported programs in education and capacity building.
Washington Backed Famous Brand-Name Contractors in Fight Against Haitis Minimum Wage Increase
http://www.haiti-liberte.com/archives/volume4-47/Washington%20Backed%20Famous.asp
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti worked closely with factory owners contracted by Levis, Hanes, and Fruit of the Loom to aggressively block a paltry minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables.
The factory owners refused to pay 62 cents an hour, or $5 per eight-hour day, as a measure unanimously passed by the Haitian parliament in June 2009 would have mandated. Behind the scenes, the factory owners had the vigorous backing of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Embassy, show secret U.S. Embassy cables provided to Haïti Liberté by the transparency-advocacy group WikiLeaks.
The minimum daily wage had been 70 gourdes or $1.75 a day.
The factory owners told the Haitian parliament that they were willing to give workers a mere 9 cents an hour pay increase to 31 cents an hour 100 gourdes daily to make T-shirts, bras and underwear for U.S. clothing giants like Dockers and Nautica.
http://www.haiti-liberte.com/archives/volume4-47/Washington%20Backed%20Famous.asp
The U.S. Embassy in Haiti worked closely with factory owners contracted by Levis, Hanes, and Fruit of the Loom to aggressively block a paltry minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables.
The factory owners refused to pay 62 cents an hour, or $5 per eight-hour day, as a measure unanimously passed by the Haitian parliament in June 2009 would have mandated. Behind the scenes, the factory owners had the vigorous backing of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Embassy, show secret U.S. Embassy cables provided to Haïti Liberté by the transparency-advocacy group WikiLeaks.
The minimum daily wage had been 70 gourdes or $1.75 a day.
The factory owners told the Haitian parliament that they were willing to give workers a mere 9 cents an hour pay increase to 31 cents an hour 100 gourdes daily to make T-shirts, bras and underwear for U.S. clothing giants like Dockers and Nautica.
Report: State Department-Backed Garment Complex in Haiti Stealing Workers Wages
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/10/17/headlines#10179
A new report by the Worker Rights Consortium has found the majority of workers in Haitis garment industry are being denied nearly a third of the wages they are legally owed due to widespread wage theft. The new evidence builds on an earlier report that found every single one of Haitis export garment factories was illegally shortchanging workers. Workers in Haiti make clothes for U.S. retailers including Gap, Target, Kohls, Levis and Wal-Mart. The report highlighted abuses at the Caracol Industrial Park, a new factory complex heavily subsidized by the U.S. State Department, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Clinton Foundation and touted as a key part of Haitis post-earthquake recovery. The report found that, on average, workers at the complex are paid 34 percent less than the law requires. Haitis minimum wage for garment workers is between 60 and 90 cents an hour. More than three-quarters of workers interviewed for the report said they could not afford three meals a day.
http://www.democracynow.org/2013/10/17/headlines#10179
A new report by the Worker Rights Consortium has found the majority of workers in Haitis garment industry are being denied nearly a third of the wages they are legally owed due to widespread wage theft. The new evidence builds on an earlier report that found every single one of Haitis export garment factories was illegally shortchanging workers. Workers in Haiti make clothes for U.S. retailers including Gap, Target, Kohls, Levis and Wal-Mart. The report highlighted abuses at the Caracol Industrial Park, a new factory complex heavily subsidized by the U.S. State Department, the Inter-American Development Bank and the Clinton Foundation and touted as a key part of Haitis post-earthquake recovery. The report found that, on average, workers at the complex are paid 34 percent less than the law requires. Haitis minimum wage for garment workers is between 60 and 90 cents an hour. More than three-quarters of workers interviewed for the report said they could not afford three meals a day.
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I save blood money for the Bush Cheney crew- this is more "they're all exactly the same"
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#11
It's a meme going around here- saw Hil compared to Romney- then Malia and Sasha to Bush's kids on
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#22
the "blood money" is OTT. just as comping Clinton wealth with Romney wealth is.....
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#26
I actually do. It is still overheated rhetoric. And a naive line of thinking.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#50
You have absolutely no idea what I have experienced- but thanks anyway for the snark
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#60
I completely agree, but at this moment- discussing these candidates- it is what we are stuck with
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#154
Merely saying that supporting a neoliberal candidate is "pragmatic" does not make it so.
woo me with science
Jun 2014
#168
again, you are making unfounded assumptions - where did I say I support Hillary? NOWHERE.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#170
No, I am saying it is hyperbole that the uninformed will take and run with.
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#155
I don't mind that Hillary is rich. I mind that she's a warmongering, TPP-backing neo-con.
Scuba
Jun 2014
#3
Maybe by "targeted response" she meant we'd buy Syrian refugees some food and clothing at Target.
Scuba
Jun 2014
#161
Its all knee-jerk, Romney money - good. Clinton money - baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad.
marble falls
Jun 2014
#6
sigh. you persist in trying to falsely make this about people here hating rich people
cali
Jun 2014
#35
You brilliance is noted, but Baby, you forgot to complete your sentences in a couple of your lines.
lumpy
Jun 2014
#97
To rich folks, when "earning" money, slave labor is something of which one never thinks.
Maedhros
Jun 2014
#130
Can you please stop making it personal for a moment and respond to the policies?
woo me with science
Jun 2014
#107
You say, "fair point," yet your next sentence accuses me of "hurling personal insults at Democrats."
woo me with science
Jun 2014
#124
You are remarkably incapable of making, or refuting, effective arguments. [n/t]
Maedhros
Jun 2014
#131
The constant denial of the link between predatory policies and economic and human despair
woo me with science
Jun 2014
#132
Wow you silver tongue devil remind me not to get in a policy debate with you. Nice retort woo n/t
Drew Richards
Jun 2014
#171
You are right. 'A little knowledge can be a dangerous thing'. It is amazing to hear that Hillary is
lumpy
Jun 2014
#82
Sadly, anything connected with Wall St and bankers today is in essence blood money.
raouldukelives
Jun 2014
#38
Now that you have discovered the cause of all the ills of mankind, what is your solution to
lumpy
Jun 2014
#83
What I'm trying to say is that this is all white noise, that it doesn't matter.
Beacool
Jun 2014
#71
Except it's not. Elizabeth Warren is touted as the anti Hillary and she's very wealthy
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#157
" i'm much more interested in senator warrens' amazing talents and plans than i am about hearing...
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#79
They ARE comparing the Clintons with Pol Pot and Stalin. That is not the way to influence
lumpy
Jun 2014
#91
So did a lot of people. Which doesn't mean they'd make a decent president.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2014
#86
By the time Bill Clinton left the WH there was only one reason I could still tolerate him
tularetom
Jun 2014
#87
Speaking of blood, there are too damn many people on this site who are willing to draw blood.
lumpy
Jun 2014
#93
Do you think she 'earned' her 15 Million Dollars running a shelter for homeless bunny rabbits?
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2014
#146
Everybody seems to have missed the last line: "It ain't the money: it's the bull@#$%." Says it all.
marble falls
Jun 2014
#147
Someone actually suggested to 1SBM that women, LGBTs and POC have some differences in priorities
bettyellen
Jun 2014
#167