Right Wing smears the Clintons

[Ptarmigan]

Right Wing smears the Clintons
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251319999

They think New York Slime is a right wing newspaper. They are so far left. 

MindMover (2,850 posts)

Right Wing smears the Clintons

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 What will they not try to smear with there trashy media outlets ....?

President Clinton Refutes NY Times Errors In Foundation Story, But Will It Silence Right-Wing Smears?

A New York Times story on the philanthropic Clinton Foundation contained flawed details about the Foundation's finances, former President Bill Clinton clarified today. As a result of its errors, the story provided predictable fodder for attacks from right-wing media -- rabid for new opportunities to smear former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in anticipation of a yet-unannounced 2016 presidential campaign.

The Clinton Foundation, recently renamed the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, was the subject of an August 13 Times report which speculated the non-profit was experiencing "unease" over financial and management issues. The paper noted that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her staff will soon move into the Foundation's Manhattan headquarters, and questioned the capabilities of senior Foundation employees. The Times also asserted that the Foundation "ran multimillion-dollar deficits for several years, despite vast amounts of money flowing in." As purported evidence, the paper claimed the charity ran a $40 million deficit in 2007 and 2008 and an $8 million deficit in 2012, citing tax returns.

But the Foundation corrected the record today in a letter from former President Bill Clinton. He explained that the Times failed to provide the context and facts essential to its story and misconstrued the Foundation's basic accounting according to the law, casting a shadow based on a false premise. That is because the IRS requires tax-exempt organizations such as the Foundation to report multi-year financial commitments occurring in the year the commitment was made. So in 2005 and 2006, the Foundation reported a surplus exceeding one hundred million dollars. In subsequent years, that money is reported as spending, but not cash inflow. Clinton also pointed out the difficult reality all non-profits face fundraising during a recession.

The Times was also incorrect in its assessment of 2012 deficits, Clinton stated. The paper relied on unaudited numbers from the 2012 annual report, but audited financials will reveal a surplus.

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/08/16/president-clinton-refutes-ny-times-errors-in-fo/195451

SummerSnow (1,309 posts)
1. Smears for Fears...

Right wing afraid of the Clintons

OnyxCollie (7,086 posts)
2. There are good reasons to smear the Clinton's.

But the RW won't mention them, because it tarnishes the image of capitalism, and it contradicts the message that the Clinton's are Communists.

The Clinton Foundation - About
http://www.clintonfoundation.org/main/our-work/by-initiative/clinton-foundation-in-haiti/about.html

The Clinton Foundation has been actively engaged in Haiti since 2009, focusing on economic diversification, private sector investment and job creation in order to create long-term, sustainable economic development. After the devastating earthquake in 2010, President Clinton formed the Clinton Foundation Haiti Fund and raised $16.4 million from individual donors for immediate earthquake relief efforts. Since 2010, the Clinton Foundation has raised a total of $34 million for Haiti, including relief funds as well as projects focused on restoring Haiti's communities, sustainable development, education and capacity building. In 2012, the Clinton Foundation concentrated on creating sustainable economic growth in the four priority sectors of energy, tourism, agriculture, and apparel/manufacturing, working to bring new investors, develop and support local organizations and businesses, and create access to new markets. The Clinton Foundation also continued working to support government efforts to improve Haiti’s business environment and supported programs in education and capacity building.

Washington Backed Famous Brand-Name Contractors in Fight Against Haiti’s Minimum Wage Increase
http://www.haiti-liberte.com/archives/volume4-47/Washington%20Backed%20Famous.asp

The U.S. Embassy in Haiti worked closely with factory owners contracted by Levi’s, Hanes, and Fruit of the Loom to aggressively block a paltry minimum wage increase for Haitian assembly zone workers, the lowest paid in the hemisphere, according to secret State Department cables.

The factory owners refused to pay 62 cents an hour, or $5 per eight-hour day, as a measure unanimously passed by the Haitian parliament in June 2009 would have mandated. Behind the scenes, the factory owners had the vigorous backing of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Embassy, show secret U.S. Embassy cables provided to Haïti Liberté by the transparency-advocacy group WikiLeaks.

The minimum daily wage had been 70 gourdes or $1.75 a day.

The factory owners told the Haitian parliament that they were willing to give workers a mere 9 cents an hour pay increase to 31 cents an hour – 100 gourdes daily – to make T-shirts, bras and underwear for U.S. clothing giants like Dockers and Nautica.

4. If your argument is that Haitian workers should get a minimum wage or

that there government should be forced into a democracy and that if all that happens all will be well with there world .... I caution you to rethink your rationale.

Anyway, I really do not understand your comment, "there are good reasons to smear the Clintons"

I am not naive enough to think that the Clintons are not without fault but to have as a goal to improve the quality of life of Haitians, is not an evil goal...now if you are all over with capitalism as the driving economic force, we can further discuss that thinking....

xCollie (7,086 posts)
5. "...to have as a goal to improve the quality of life of Haitians, is not an evil goal..."

Did you actually read what I wrote?

While the Clinton Foundation appears to have altruistic goals, behind the scenes the Hillary Clinton-led State Department, acting on behalf of Hanes and Levi-Strauss, put pressure on the Haitian government to keep wages at near-slave labor levels. Isn't that nice?

The Clinton's are neoliberal assholes; do not be mislead.

Spawned from the concept of the charitable trust, the foundation is what Friedmann (1957) characterizes as “the most important modern institution in the field of group power” (p. 157). A chiefly American invention, the foundation is a permanent charitable institution that provides a tax shelter to donors, primarily heads of corporate empires (Friedmann, 1957). The foundation accomplishes this in multiple ways: through gifts exempt from gift taxes, which are then allowed to be deducted from income; through bequests deductible from estate taxes; and through the exemption of the foundation itself from income tax, property tax, and other taxes (Friedmann, 1957). The foundation allows for large sums of wealth to be diverted from tax collection, while simultaneously awarding control, credibility, and a perception of social responsibility (Friedmann, 1957).

MindMover (2,850 posts)
8. Your choice of a Friedmann quote is interesting to say the least ... I would prefer Keynes


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You sound more like a libertarian...

I will suggest reading more about what Friedmann stood for ... here is a start ...

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/opinion/krugman-milton-friedman-unperson.html?_r=0

and, If neoliberalism is currently the best economic system to distribute charitable donations from greedy bastards then so be it .... unless, of course, you have something better....?

and, please remember not every countries economy is the same as the USA, meaning that its citizens live on less income and are very happy to have jobs at all....

Accusing a DUmmie of being a libertarian.

OnyxCollie (7,086 posts)
9. W.G. Friedmann, not Milton Friedman.

Friedmann, W. G. (1957). Corporate power, government by private groups, and the law. Columbia Law Review, 57(2), 155-186.

"You sound more like a libertarian... "

You sound like you don't know what you're talking about.

MindMover (2,850 posts)
11. You must have studied his works well because you quote him often without clarity to


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his position in British society, Wofgang was a professor and wrote essays on law and social change....BFD

You sound like a blathering baboon with nothing other than Pollyanna type ideals encased in libertarian ideals...

Now, go out and feed someone this week and give them a job big boy ....

OnyxCollie (7,086 posts)
12. Yawn.

Blah, blah, blah.

Be sure to tithe a tenth of your yearly earnings to the Clinton Foundation; they're saints.

MindMover (2,850 posts)
13. Libertarians .... just another word for Pollyanna ism


magical

MindMover hates libertarians.

[miskie]

I wonder when the NYT became a right-wing publication ?

[Ptarmigan]

I wonder when the NYT became a right-wing publication ?

Everything right of them is right-wing.

[DumbAss Tanker]

MindMover is such an archetype of arrogant Leftist asshole, made a total buffoon of itself by assuming OnyxCollie was quoting the Milton Friedman and then instead of graciously admitting it didn't know what it was talking about, shamelessly gets huffy, insulting, and superior.

 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

We only hate the Clintons because they're black.

[dandi]

We only hate the Clintons because they're black.

Well, Clinton was our "first black president" according to Toni Morrison.