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In reply to the discussion: Some of the Clinton Foundation's Recent Foreign Connections [View all]kentuck
(115,388 posts)...human and Christian deeds around the world, especially in Africa.
However, it is somehow different when Bill Clinton makes $150 million personal gain, since he got out of office, than if he were a Republican? How one makes or spends his money is usually of little significance to the average Republican.
How much is kept and how much is spent are legitimate questions, when operating a tax-exempt 501C, in my opinion. The same goes for political contributions and expenditures. It applies to both Democrats and Republicans and everyone else. If the law says that 50% of your expenditures must be spent on charitable work, then that is the law. If you break that law, you have no standing to holler about being investigated by the IRS.
Unfortunately, Hillary cannot separate herself from the Clinton Foundation or the political contributions as if it were something entirely different. It's all perfectly legal, however unseemly it might look?
But the Congress refuses to fix the law. The Koch Brothers are reportedly going to spend a Billion Dollars on chosen Republicans in the next election. What Hillary is doing is simply an extension, out of necessity, of what the Koch Brothers are doing. Do the Koch Brothers make any profits overseas? I would not know?
However, the Citizens United decision said that money was "free speech". There were no limits whatever. Until the law is fixed, the Democrats will do what they have to do to compete with the big spending, "free speech" Republicans...