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2016 Postmortem

Hoyt

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5. Nothing wrong with it. Money went to worthy causes.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #2)

Thu May 12, 2016, 08:06 PM

May 2016

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WaPo: Clintons' "Charitable" Tax Deductions Went to Clinton Foundation, for Several Years: [View all] amborin May 2016 OP

So? And your point is? They could control where it went. Many charities are shams. tonyt53 May 2016 #1

"Many charities are shams..." You are so right! LOL insta8er May 2016 #14

You give them eyes, but they cannot see... Kelvin Mace May 2016 #33

What is the problem with them selecting the charity of their choice? Yes Thinkingabout May 2016 #2

Nothing wrong with it. Money went to worthy causes. Hoyt May 2016 #5

only 10 percent of revenue actually went to charitable cause grasswire May 2016 #11

Their foundation actually does the work rather than just donating money. Hoyt May 2016 #12

Building luxury hotels in devastated broke to the bones Haiti. Luminous Animal May 2016 #17

I think the Foundation did more than that. True they haven't solved century old problems, but Hoyt May 2016 #20

ridiculous comparison grasswire May 2016 #18

Debunked repeatedly. Sparkly May 2016 #13

cite? grasswire May 2016 #19

funny. Sparkly May 2016 #23

well, we could just agree on the numbers in the chart below. grasswire May 2016 #26

Thank GOD she chose the right person to head this up!!! yourpaljoey May 2016 #3

Wu Tang is for the children. NWCorona May 2016 #8

K & R AzDar May 2016 #4

Just like Romney's charitable donations (tax deductions) to the Mormon church. MgtPA May 2016 #6

Better than a church! scscholar May 2016 #7

April 6, 2008 was a while ago Progressive dog May 2016 #9

That "other" tho NWCorona May 2016 #10

FAKE. I call BS on this. Sparkly May 2016 #15

Ok ok, foundations is one of the ways to manage wealth these days nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #16

They are helping people around the world. Sparkly May 2016 #21

Yes and that does not detract my point that foundations are a tool to manage wealth nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #24

They can be. Sparkly May 2016 #25

Ok here is a good read for you nadinbrzezinski May 2016 #30

new troubles? according to this: amborin May 2016 #22

that report is widely reported recently. nt grasswire May 2016 #28

Ah, another Hillary smear from the Inquisitr riversedge May 2016 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author artislife May 2016 #27

so what? It is a legal charitable organization that does good work all over the world and there is Jitter65 May 2016 #31

It is a sham like most of the charitable organizations. Tax payers are the ones that really pay Live and Learn May 2016 #34

this is a stupid criticism. Orangepeel May 2016 #32

Giving money to your own charity is a well-worn tax dodge among the top 0.1%. nt mhatrw May 2016 #35

yeah, they're SO giving dana_b May 2016 #36