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stopbush

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12. I've been working in the non-profit field for 12 years,
Sat May 14, 2016, 10:38 AM
May 2016

and I find it inexcusable that so many people - especially those in the media - have no idea how non-profits operate, what they are legally permitted to do and not do, and why they exist in the first place.

The Clinton Foundation is a model for the way a non-profit should operate. Their program-to-overhead ratio (ie: where they spend the $ they collect) is way above the 75% that is considered to be exemplary, and their mission is certainly to be admired.

It's disappointing that a foundation that is so well run and that does so much good is villified simply because the stream of RW lies told against the Clintons over the decades have metastitized into received opinion.

KICK! Cha May 2016 #1
Good morning Cha. stonecutter357 May 2016 #2
Good Morning, stonecutter~ Cha May 2016 #4
Some of the largest critics are the same people who wants to tax the hell out of Thinkingabout May 2016 #3
Good resource - thanks for posting SharonClark May 2016 #8
Could you imagine going through life like this? yallerdawg May 2016 #5
Yes, and their yearn to help others blows my mind, the RW lies, just attack after Thinkingabout May 2016 #10
K&R mcar May 2016 #6
Thanks, good find. nt BootinUp May 2016 #7
K&R ismnotwasm May 2016 #9
Thanks, rivers - BlueMTexpat May 2016 #11
I've been working in the non-profit field for 12 years, stopbush May 2016 #12
You nailed it! pandr32 May 2016 #13
thank you riversedge! DemonGoddess May 2016 #14
It's the WSJ. Since Murdoch took over, it's little more than a paper version of Fox News... TwilightZone May 2016 #15
K&R fleabiscuit May 2016 #16
interesting that Whimsey May 2016 #17
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