2016 Postmortem

nadinbrzezinski

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30. Ok here is a good read for you

Thu May 12, 2016, 09:21 PM

May 2016

and I promise, it mentions no names

The Hidden Wealth of Nations. Go to the kindle store, get it, read it... it will tell you why this hiding of wealth to the tune of depending who you read, anywhere from 12 to 16 trillion world wide, is a problem. I give two fucks whether they claim to do good work or not at this point, and that goes for the Gates, Clinton, it could be the Kind Saud foundation for all I care. They all need to have strict rules to prevent the sloshing of funds and hiding taxes.

For the record, the Obama administration has taken SOME initial steps to stop this crap, and so have the Brits.

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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