Clinton Foundation to stop foreign and Corp donations if elected

[UglyCasanova]

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/18/clin...orporate-donations-if-hillary-is-elected.html


So they were potentially hacked and now seem to be trying to get out ahead of...something. I'm sorry but this just doesn't seem like the kind of announcement she just makes on her own to reassure us.

 

[MongGrel]

Title makes sense to me, the rest of your post seems a bit of speculation.

 

[werepossum]

Haven't we already been down this road? Methinks a better title would be "
Clinton Foundation to pretend to stop accepting foreign and Corp donations if elected. Refiling to follow in eight years."

 

[compuwiz1]

Wouldn't that stop her and Bill's pay to play scheme, defeating her whole reason for running for office? If she can't enrich herself, there's no point in her being president. The Clintons are only in it for themselves. Funny that after Trump said something about that very thing a few days ago, she comes out with it like it's her own idea. She'll say anything and change nothing, as Obama said about her in 2008.

 

[boomerang]

Riiight, sure they will. Just who is going to police this and if they renege, who is going to enforce it?

This is the kind of shit their base eats up and wholly believes.

 

[dank69]

Wouldn't that stop her and Bill's pay to play scheme, defeating her whole reason for running for office? If she can't enrich herself, there's no point in her being president. The Clintons are only in it for themselves. Funny that after Trump said something about that very thing a few days ago, she comes out with it like it's her own idea. She'll say anything and change nothing, as Obama said about her in 2008.

They'll switch to making money with a fake university to bilk already cash-poor students out of more money.

 

[1prophet]

They'll switch to making money with a fake university to bilk already cash-poor students out of more money.

Just because Trump the Chump jumps off the bridge doesn't mean it's OK if the Clintons do it to.

You have an egotistical blow-hart running against the equivalent of a shady used car salesman that is willing to say anything to close the deal.

And alot of you so called liberal progressives are no different than Trump supporters, defending the indefensible because it's your team the "shady used car saleswoman" belongs to. .

 

[Jhhnn]

Wouldn't that stop her and Bill's pay to play scheme, defeating her whole reason for running for office? If she can't enrich herself, there's no point in her being president. The Clintons are only in it for themselves. Funny that after Trump said something about that very thing a few days ago, she comes out with it like it's her own idea. She'll say anything and change nothing, as Obama said about her in 2008.

Mighty fine set of assumptions & innuendo presented as fact in typical Clinton hater fashion.

Consider the idea that you're being irrational.

 

[Cozarkian]

Kudos for Clinton.

I understand the sentiment of those who doubt she will follow through, but at least she has taken the first step.

 

[theeedude]

I think the foundation should continue its work.

 

[Cozarkian]

I think the foundation should continue its work.

It will, and if the foreign donations weren't actually perceived to be investments by the foreign country, I'm sure they will simply donate to other equally worthy charities, quite probably those recommended by the Clinton Foundation.

 

[theeedude]

It will, and if the foreign donations weren't actually perceived to be investments by the foreign country, I'm sure they will simply donate to other equally worthy charities, quite probably those recommended by the Clinton Foundation.

Or the Clinton Foundation, which already has the infrastructure in place to do the work.

 

[UglyCasanova]

It will, and if the foreign donations weren't actually perceived to be investments by the foreign country, I'm sure they will simply donate to other equally worthy charities, quite probably those recommended by the Clinton Foundation.

Right....

 

[werepossum]

Kudos for Clinton.

I understand the sentiment of those who doubt she will follow through, but at least she has taken the first step.

Actually she has promised to take the first step. The same first step she spent years telling us she had already taken, until that was proven to be a lie.

It will, and if the foreign donations weren't actually perceived to be investments by the foreign country, I'm sure they will simply donate to other equally worthy charities, quite probably those recommended by the Clinton Foundation.

I'm sure they will - just as soon as those other equally worthy charities can deliver government largesse in return.

 

[theeedude]

Should the Trump organization have to sell off everything and shut down if he wins?

 

[werepossum]

Should the Trump organization have to sell off everything and shut down if he wins?

He should certainly have to put everything in a blind trust, which is the polar opposite of the Clinton Family Foundation. However, the Clinton Family Foundation is not proposing to shut down and sell off everything it owns, only to stop taking donations with inherent conflicts of interest. You know, the same thing they claimed to have done during the entirety of her reign as SecState, which was revealed to have been a massive lie.

Given Trump's history and morality, I see no reason to believe that he would not be greatly influenced by what is best for Trump - just as is Hillary. Probably even more so. I suspect that Trump would turn over control of his empire to one or more of his children or underlings, who would then sell lobbying and access to Trump and other government officials exactly as does the Clinton Family Foundation. This is not an issue where it is possible for the American people to win. But hey, that's the beauty of democracy - we get the leaders we deserve.

 

[Cozarkian]

I'm sure they will - just as soon as those other equally worthy charities can deliver government largesse in return.

Keep your eyes open, Clinton didn't promise to refuse donations from charities that accept donations from foreign corporations. That seems to be the obvious loophole.

 

[ivwshane]

He should certainly have to put everything in a blind trust, which is the polar opposite of the Clinton Family Foundation. However, the Clinton Family Foundation is not proposing to shut down and sell off everything it owns, only to stop taking donations with inherent conflicts of interest. You know, the same thing they claimed to have done during the entirety of her reign as SecState, which was revealed to have been a massive lie.

Given Trump's history and morality, I see no reason to believe that he would not be greatly influenced by what is best for Trump - just as is Hillary. Probably even more so. I suspect that Trump would turn over control of his empire to one or more of his children or underlings, who would then sell lobbying and access to Trump and other government officials exactly as does the Clinton Family Foundation. This is not an issue where it is possible for the American people to win. But hey, that's the beauty of democracy - we get the leaders we deserve.

I'll take a citation on that because I'm pretty sure you are distorting the truth again.

 

[Jhhnn]

It will, and if the foreign donations weren't actually perceived to be investments by the foreign country, I'm sure they will simply donate to other equally worthy charities, quite probably those recommended by the Clinton Foundation.

The wah-wah coming from Repubs is remarkable, given that they created structures like this to completely anonymize money in politics-

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...7cfd9a-719b-11e3-9389-09ef9944065e_story.html

The Clinton Foundation doesn't engage in political spending...

 

[Jhhnn]

I'll take a citation on that because I'm pretty sure you are distorting the truth again.

Of course he is. It's how he operates. There were previously pledged donations from govts like Norway taken in by the Clinton Foundation during her tenure & something like a $500K donation from Algeria they probably shouldn't have taken iirc.

But it's all a massive lie, obviously.

 

[werepossum]

I'll take a citation on that because I'm pretty sure you are distorting the truth again.

I wouldn't dream of depriving you of the right to search it out. Hint: It's been quoted and discussed in these forums. It's also been quoted in numerous media outlets when the Clinton Family Foundation refiled its government filings from zero to millions - after one news group started putting two and two together and not getting zero. Now go get 'em!

 

[jackstar7]

I wouldn't dream of depriving you of the right to search it out. Hint: It's been quoted and discussed in these forums. It's also been quoted in numerous media outlets when the Clinton Family Foundation refiled its government filings from zero to millions - after one news group started putting two and two together and not getting zero. Now go get 'em!

You know that's not how arguments work.

You're better than this.

 

[Jhhnn]

I wouldn't dream of depriving you of the right to search it out. Hint: It's been quoted and discussed in these forums. It's also been quoted in numerous media outlets when the Clinton Family Foundation refiled its government filings from zero to millions - after one news group started putting two and two together and not getting zero. Now go get 'em!

In other words, your assertion was unsupportable bullshit. Got it.

 

[theeedude]

He should certainly have to put everything in a blind trust, which is the polar opposite of the Clinton Family Foundation. However, the Clinton Family Foundation is not proposing to shut down and sell off everything it owns, only to stop taking donations with inherent conflicts of interest. You know, the same thing they claimed to have done during the entirety of her reign as SecState, which was revealed to have been a massive lie.

Given Trump's history and morality, I see no reason to believe that he would not be greatly influenced by what is best for Trump - just as is Hillary. Probably even more so. I suspect that Trump would turn over control of his empire to one or more of his children or underlings, who would then sell lobbying and access to Trump and other government officials exactly as does the Clinton Family Foundation. This is not an issue where it is possible for the American people to win. But hey, that's the beauty of democracy - we get the leaders we deserve.

Should Trump be barred from signing any tax cut that benefits him personally?

 

[ivwshane]

I wouldn't dream of depriving you of the right to search it out. Hint: It's been quoted and discussed in these forums. It's also been quoted in numerous media outlets when the Clinton Family Foundation refiled its government filings from zero to millions - after one news group started putting two and two together and not getting zero. Now go get 'em!

Lol that's what I thought. It was worth your time to tell me all the places I could find it (the media and forum posts) but not worth your time for you to post an actual link? We call that trolling.