The Clinton Foundation
If you believe the GOP hawkers, especially the con-artist-in-chief you would think that the Clinton Foundation is some evil organization that funnels big money to Bill and Hillary Clinton. They pedal influence to the highest bidder and hand out favors in return. The trouble with all that rhetoric is that it is almost completely false. Here are some of the things that a CNN investigative report found about the Clinton Foundation.
Health is a big focus. In more than 70 countries, according to the foundation, it helps 11.5 million people, including 800,000 children, with HIV/AIDS get their medication at 90% lower cost — more than half the adults and three-quarters of the children getting treatment in the world today.But it does all kinds of other work as well. For instance, it helps East African farmers get better seeds and fertilizers. It supported Nepal’s reconstruction after the 2015 earthquakes. And it has connected more than 500,000 Latin Americans to job training and entrepreneurship opportunities.
The Clinton Foundation does tons of work in the US, too. Some examples: It has a school program that operates in every state, affecting more than 31,000 schools and 18 million students by its count. That program is to improve physical education, child nutrition, health education and staff wellness programs. They also work on prescription drug addiction. The foundation wants to halve the number of opioid overdoses — right now those drugs kill more Americans than car accidents.
The Clinton Global Initiative is part of the foundation. Bill Clinton started CGI in 2005. In contrast to other parts of the organization, it doesn’t fund or manage projects, or handle any of the money involved. Instead, it’s like the OKCupid of the charity world, matching funders with good causes. They do this at events throughout the year, including a big annual meeting in New York every September that’s a who’s who of global movers-and-shakers. (Bono? Check.)
How does the philanthropic world see the Clinton Foundation? They’re held in high esteem. There are watchdog groups that judge charities on how they’re run, how transparent they are and how much they spend on programs — some charities raise a ton of money, but spend a large percentage on salaries and bonuses instead of their actual cause.
Charity Watch gave the Clinton Foundation an A grade, while GuideStar gave it a platinum rating. Daniel Borochoff of Charity Watch noted that in 2014, 87.2% of the foundation’s funding went to its programs, “which is really high.” The foundation, he said, does “really important, valuable work that saves lives of lots of people.
How does the charity world see the political brouhaha over the foundation? “It’s unfortunate that it’s become this punching bag, this political punching bag,” Borochoff said. “There’s a lot of things that are said that are false. If Hillary Clinton wasn’t running for president, the Clinton Foundation would be seen as one of the great humanitarian charities of our generation.”
Source: What is the Clinton Foundation and why is it controversial? – CNNPolitics.com
I don’t understand how the Clinton Foundation gets so much bad press. It is not as if Bill and Hillary are getting rich from it. As a matter of fact President Clinton and Chelsea Clinton, who serve on the Board of Directors, do not take a salary from the Clinton Foundation and receive no funding from it. Secretary Clinton did not take a salary when she served on the Board of Directors.
None of the Clinton get a dime from the foundation. Yeah, they may pressure some of the elite around the world to contribute and in my mind that is a good thing. As pointed above the Foundation is very well thought of in the philanthropic world. 87% of what they collect actually goes to those who need it. That high of a level is almost unheard of.
I guess instead of helping so many people around the world the Clintons could be building casinos to line their pockets. I see where Trump, when he as paying for office space in Trump Towers (he was actually paying back to himself by the way) for his campaign it cost $40,000/month. Now that donors are paying the bill the cost has increase to over $170,000/month. Now that is something that should be investigated, not the Clinton Foundation!!
On one of my recent uRV trips to northeastern Indiana I visited the Swiss Heritage Village. It was recommended to me by the tourist information center in the city of Berne. I was not aware that there was a strong Swiss presence in that part of the State.
I have been dreaming of my trip to Alaska ten years ago so I thought I would pull a couple of pictures for today’s post. No we didn’t eat at “Smiles Seafood Cafe” but looking back I wish we had.
Social Security website? Here it is as explained in an email from that federal agency [emphasis is mine]:
Hypocrisy, especially the GOP brand, seems to be flowing in a torrent flood lately. The GOP controlled House spent millions of our tax dollars trying to take down Hillary because of a guy with an RPG in Benghazi. But they never mentioned any of the times above while their guy was in the White House.
This post is not so much about Donald Trump as it is about naiveté. Con artists have been around since there was money to be taken from naive people. What David Johnston says in the source article is that Donald Trump is among the top tier of con artists.
Another topic in this realm is how almost all the hot rods being built now are two inches off the ground? What were they thinking?? That is maybe ok if you are buying the car to put into your “collection” and never drive but putting those cars on the road is insane, especially on U.S. roads which are among the worst in the world. Hit one pothole and the bottom of these cars are trashed. I like beauty but functionality must also accompany it.
in the hearing world but neither the hearing world or the deaf world considers me a homeboy. I am seldom around other deaf people so I can’t speak for them but since almost 80% of us deafies are like me in that they went deaf later in life ways maybe I do. One of my goals via this blog and a few other forums, is to help the hearing world understand that most of us who are deaf are really not much different from them.
I have been in a philosophical mood lately so the topic of wealth is on my mind. Is there such a thing as too much wealth? To me that answer is yes but it is really more about attitude than wealth itself. The two richest people in the U.S., Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, are examples of people who are rich from the fruits of their labor but they are not decadent. I have nothing against people using the fruits of their labor to live a lifestyle they desire but when they start dissing people who are less opulent that disturbs me greatly.
The autism rights movement (ARM) is a social movement within the neurodiversity movement that encourages autistic people, their caregivers, and society to adopt a position of neurodiversity, and to accept autism as a variation in functioning rather than a mental disorder to be cured. The ARM advocates for several goals, including a greater acceptance of autistic behaviors, therapies that teach autistic individuals coping skills rather than therapies focused on imitating behaviors of neurotypical peers…
Country music has never been my friend but in 1012 when we were in the area we visited the Grand Old Opry, or at least the early version of if. It was fascinating to see this almost eighty year old building that had been the start of so many country and blue grass artists.
followers. There are only 25 photos on her page, because she deletes most of what she posts. The ones that don’t get enough likes, don’t have good enough lighting, or don’t show the coolest moments in her life must be deleted.
Words are very important to me. They seem to be a central part of my life. I struggle in my daily posts to find just the right words. Just any word is not good enough, it has to be the “right” word. In that vain, I had forgotten how the word rhetoric like so many other words has taken on a completely different meaning from what our ancestors knew.
Now that the final segment of this political season is upon us maybe it is time to take a break from politics until at least the first debate. That is what I intend to do. I don’t think I can handle all the mudslinging that will surely occur in the coming days and weeks. Ninety eight days from now it won’t matter, either we will have a nut case as president or one who will pretty much preserve the status quo. I’m pretty sure we as a nation can survive both possibilities.
As indicated above one of the basic problems with our country is that like Limbaugh and O’Reilly we for the most part won’t own up to our darker side. Too many flatly deny any wrongdoing. That is one thing that Germany has over us. They have learned that it is healing to recognize that Hitler was a part of German history. They don’t deny it or try to sweep it under a rug. They mourn it with the rest of us.
Many Americans are justifiably nervous that the know-nothing pathological narcissist at the top of the Republican ticket might actually win the presidency. Still, while this could indeed happen, it remains unlikely….
One of the sites I visited while on my southern Illinois trip was to Fort DeChartres. Here are some pictures of that visit. The museum building was not open during my Wednesday visit, State budget cuts I guess. It would have been nice to learn more about the site but that is how it goes I guess.
Twenty years ago I wrote a book called It Takes a Village. A lot of people looked at the title and asked, what the heck do you mean by that? This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community, or lift a country totally alone. America needs every one of us to lend our energy, our talents, our ambition to making our nation better and stronger. I believe that with all my heart. That’s why “Stronger Together” is not just a lesson from our history. It’s not just a slogan for our campaign. It’s a guiding principle for the country we’ve always been and the future we’re going to build. [Clinton]…
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