Posted on 09/02/2016 7:29:34 AM PDT by simpson96
Some Republicans have presented the embattled Clinton Foundation as serving one purpose: "lining the pockets of Bill and Hillary Clinton," as GOP Chair Reince Priebus put it.
Responding to such criticisms, Democratic pundit Hilary Rosen said the Clintons "take no personal benefit" from the foundation. She also pointed out the legitimate charitable work the foundation carries out, such as its programs addressing AIDS in Africa and storm recovery in Haiti.
"The Clinton Foundation is a charity where President and Secretary Clinton and their daughter, they take no salary, they get no money from it, they take no personal benefit from it," Rosen said on NPR’s The Diane Rehm Show Aug. 24.
That’s a pretty wide gulf between the assertion that the foundation is just a front for the Clintons to make oodles of money and claims that they don’t get any personal benefit. It made us wonder: What exactly do the Clintons get out of the foundation?
Bill Clinton is currently a member of the foundation’s board of directors, while Chelsea Clinton is vice chair. Hillary Clinton was a board member between leaving the State Department in 2013 through the launch of her presidential campaign in 2015. In the most recent year for which tax forms are available, 2014, the foundation reported that Chelsea Clinton worked 35 hours per week for the foundation and other related organizations, Bill Clinton worked 25 hours per work, and Hillary Clinton worked 20 hours per week.
The Clintons don’t take a salary from this work, and they don’t receive any other direct monetary benefit. Other Clinton Foundation leaders take home six-figure salaries, according to tax documents.
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Horseshit.
Their “expenses” are reimbursed.
And here I agree with you.
The Clintons and other liberals, seem to enjoy insulting our intelligence.
Thank you. I knew we could agree on something.
no, they get their millions from speaking fees, from people they tell to donate to their foundation.
If you’re defending, your losing
It’s starting to crumble
Just like the ticket scalpers on Ebay who give the tickets away free with the purchase of a $2000.00 bobblehead.
LOL. Democrat “pundits” are a bunch of morons.
ROFLMAO
They get lavish first class travel accommodations when it is not offered by their patsies. Bill was getting paid for speeches that pas around $500,000 per speech, so that is not considered Foundation income. But when they are involved with putting foreign businessmen in from of US officials, you have to wonder how much they are paid for this work. And do they get stock, etc., in foreign companies when they put these people in from of the US officials that will pull strings for them. Hillary had to make a decision on whether to fine, or sanction Ericsson of Sweden. After Ericsson paid Bill Clinton $675,000 for a speech, there were no sanctions at all placed on Ericsson. Pay for Play.
Hilary Rosen...an unimpeachable source (nyuck! nyuck! nyuck!)
Americans seem to have forgotten that Hillary was fired from her job as Secretary of State.
Obama, who is not a good manager, even knew enough to fire her.
And this “canned” Secretary of State now wants to be our President?
Very little of the money even gets to the “charities” that hey fund, and even less gets to the alleged beneficiaries.
They’re selling influence and access.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!
These people have no shame.
The Clinton Foundation takes “donations” in exchange for political favors.
If I had all my “expenses” reimbursed, I wouldn’t need a salary either.
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