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In reply to the discussion: Some of the Clinton Foundation's Recent Foreign Connections [View all]Hekate
(90,645 posts)They should be poor when they run for office, and finance their campaigns solely off $20 donors.
They should be poor when they leave high office, and never take high-dollar speaking fees.
They should devote their lives to good works after leaving office, but never utilize the influence of their former time in office to persuade people, businesses, or countries who are not pure-minded to give them large sums of money to do their good works -- instead they should once again rely solely on $20 donors.
After all, I'm sure that's how the Jimmy and Roslyn Carter Foundation is managing to eradicate the scourge of Guinea Worm in Africa: no tainted petrodollars for them! Nothing but crumpled ones and twenties from the sweat-stained pockets of po' folk here in the USA.
I'm being more than a little sarcastic, but I have experienced too many rants from alleged Dems here along those lines.