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Chelsea Clinton blasts Trump’s food stamp move: ‘Merry Christmas’ from Trump to struggling Americans
Geobeats ^ | 12/22/2018 | Staff

Posted on 12/26/2018 2:37:56 PM PST by simpson96

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To: simpson96

Spawnspeak


41 posted on 12/26/2018 3:40:47 PM PST by PGalt
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To: Liz

WOW!

Several years ago, I recall finding about 5 different Clinton-related foundations/shell companies and thought those smelled of money laundering/filtering/fundraising and similar.

If those dominoes ever start falling ...


42 posted on 12/26/2018 3:42:34 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: simpson96

How about spending some of that illegal money that you and your parents made from your fake foundations? How many poor families did you and your grifter parents feed this Christmas Chelsea?


43 posted on 12/26/2018 3:44:52 PM PST by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: simpson96

I don’t believe that this aspiring harpy realizes she is completely irrelevant.


44 posted on 12/26/2018 3:48:57 PM PST by jospehm20
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To: simpson96

That girl..I say that girl is about as sharp as a bag of raw liver


45 posted on 12/26/2018 3:54:37 PM PST by digger48
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To: PGalt

Daughter of Webb Hubbell.


46 posted on 12/26/2018 3:59:30 PM PST by Islander2 (Some of us are here because we are not all there.)
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Thank you for referencing that article simpson96. Please note that the following critique is directed at the article and not at you.

"Chelsea Clinton blasts Trump’s food stamp move: ‘Merry Christmas’ from Trump to struggling Americans"

FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument

Noting not only that Pres. Trump has indicated that many citizens have been unemployed because incompetent elected federal “leaders” have been making bad trade deals with foreign nations for quite awhile, but also that undocumented Democrats have been coming to the states for a free ride, please consider the following.

Patriots are reminded that previous generations of state sovereignty-respecting Supreme Court justices and a constitutional lawmaker had indicated that the states have never expressly constitutionally delegated to the feds the specific power to tax and spend on behalf of the poor. The Founding States had reserved government power to take care of people uniquely to the states.

So although federal welfare just another example of lawless, post-17th Amendment ratification career Democrats and RINOs buying votes to stay in power imo, by giving welfare recipients some responsibility, Pres. Trump is taking unconstitutional federal welfare in the right direction.

Patriots need to support Trump in leading the states to repeal the 16th and ill-conceived 17th Amendments. Once unconstitutional federal taxes are stopped then the states will find new revenues to take care of poor people.

47 posted on 12/26/2018 4:13:29 PM PST by Amendment10
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Lighten up Chelsea. You idiot.


48 posted on 12/26/2018 4:20:31 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (#NotARussianBot)
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To: simpson96

America is struggling because of the corruption of our government Clintons are at the top.

She’s idiotic


49 posted on 12/26/2018 4:30:43 PM PST by stanne
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To: dinodino

That was my experience back when I was a cashier.


50 posted on 12/26/2018 4:42:30 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: simpson96
Chelsea Clinton quits NBC News role that paid her $26,724 per minute on air
51 posted on 12/26/2018 5:33:25 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: simpson96

Wasn’t she around 30 when she moved into her $10 million Manhattan townhouse? At 30 we felt lucky to have small ranch house in a middle class suburb.


52 posted on 12/26/2018 5:33:54 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (I've Never Owned Slaves...You've Never Picked Cotton.End Of "Discussion".)
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future senators from NY Clinton and cortez,


53 posted on 12/26/2018 5:44:12 PM PST by morphing libertarian (Use Comey's Report; Indict Hillary now; build Kate's wall. --- Proud Smelly Walmart Deplorable)
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Why does Chelsea have anything to say about anything ?


54 posted on 12/26/2018 5:52:56 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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Is this the same girl who wore a million dollar wedding dress purchased with money stolen from destitute Haitians?


55 posted on 12/26/2018 6:08:40 PM PST by FrdmLvr (They never thought she would lose.)
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Chubble Ping.


56 posted on 12/26/2018 6:24:06 PM PST by stylecouncilor (Dreg of Society)
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To: simpson96

The faux morality
It burns


57 posted on 12/26/2018 6:47:20 PM PST by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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Says the woman who’s criminal enterprise family stole billions from Haiti to fund her wedding and lavish lifestyle...


58 posted on 12/26/2018 11:22:06 PM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: Yulee

The Clintons speciality is turning federally-funded natural disasters into personal riches.

nationalreview.com

EDITOR’S NOTE: excerpt from Dinesh D’Souza’s book, Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party.

EXCERPT In January 2015 a group of Haitians surrounded the New York offices of the Clinton Foundation. They chanted slogans, accusing Bill and Hillary Clinton of having robbed them of “billions of dollars.” Two months later, the Haitians were at it again, accusing the Clintons of duplicity, malfeasance, and theft. And in May 2015, they were back, this time outside New York’s Cipriani, where Bill Clinton received an award and collected a $500,000 check for his foundation. “Clinton, where’s the money?” the Haitian signs read. “In whose pockets?” Said Dhoud Andre of the Commission Against Dictatorship, “We are telling the world of the crimes that Bill and Hillary Clinton are responsible for in Haiti.”

Haitians like Andre may sound a bit strident, but he and the protesters had good reason to be disgruntled. They had suffered a heavy blow from Mother Nature, and now it appeared that they were being battered again — this time by the Clintons. Their story goes back to 2010, when a massive 7.0 earthquake devastated the island, killing more than 200,000 people, leveling 100,000 homes, and leaving 1.5 million people destitute.

The devastating effect of the earthquake on a very poor nation provoked worldwide concern and inspired an outpouring of aid money intended to rebuild Haiti. Countries around the world, as well as private and philanthropic groups such as the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, provided some $10.5 billion in aid, with $3.9 billion of it coming from the United States.

Haitians such as Andre, however, noticed that very little of this aid money actually got to poor people in Haiti. Some projects championed by the Clintons, such as the building of industrial parks and posh hotels, cost a great deal of money and offered scarce benefits to the truly needy. Port-au-Prince was supposed to be rebuilt; it was never rebuilt. Projects aimed at creating jobs proved to be bitter disappointments. Haitian unemployment remained high, largely undented by the funds that were supposed to pour into the country. Famine and illness continued to devastate the island nation.

The Haitians were initially sympathetic to the Clintons. One may say they believed in the message of “hope and change.” With his customary overstatement, Bill told the media, “Wouldn’t it be great if they become the first wireless nation in the world? They could, I’m telling you, they really could.”

I don’t blame the Haitians for falling for it; Bill is one of the world’s greatest story-tellers. He has fooled people far more sophisticated than the poor Haitians. Over time, however, the Haitians wised up. Whatever their initial expectations, many saw that much of the aid money seems never to have reached its destination; rather, it disappeared along the way.

Where did it go? It did not escape the attention of the Haitians that Bill Clinton was the designated UN representative for aid to Haiti. Following the earthquake, Bill Clinton had with media fanfare established the Haiti Reconstruction Fund. Meanwhile, his wife Hillary was the United States secretary of state. She was in charge of U.S. aid allocated to Haiti. Together the Clintons were the two most powerful people who controlled the flow of funds to Haiti from around the world.

Haitian deals appeared to be a quid pro quo for filling the coffers of the Clintons.

The Haitian protesters noticed an interesting pattern involving the Clintons and the designation of how aid funds were used. They observed that a number of companies that received contracts in Haiti happened to be entities that made large donations to the Clinton Foundation. The Haitian contracts appeared less tailored to the needs of Haiti than to the needs of the companies that were performing the services. In sum, Haitian deals appeared to be a quid pro quo for filling the coffers of the Clintons.

For example, the Clinton Foundation selected Clayton Homes, a construction company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, to build temporary shelters in Haiti. Buffett is an active member of the Clinton Global Initiative who has donated generously to the Clintons as well as the Clinton Foundation. The contract was supposed to be given through the normal United Nations bidding process, with the deal going to the lowest bidder who met the project’s standards. UN officials said, however, that the contract was never competitively bid for.

Clayton offered to build “hurricane-proof trailers” but what they actually delivered turned out to be a disaster. The trailers were structurally unsafe, with high levels of formaldehyde and insulation coming out of the walls. There were problems with mold and fumes. The stifling heat inside made Haitians sick and many of them abandoned the trailers because they were ill-constructed and unusable.

The Clintons also funneled $10 million in federal loans to a firm called InnoVida, headed by Clinton donor Claudio Osorio. Osorio had loaded its board with Clinton cronies, including longtime Clinton ally General Wesley Clark; Hillary’s 2008 finance director Jonathan Mantz; and Democratic fundraiser Chris Korge who has helped raise millions for the Clintons.

Normally the loan approval process takes months or even years. But in this case, a government official wrote, “Former President Bill Clinton is personally in contact with the company to organize its logistical and support needs. And as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has made available State Department resources to assist with logistical arrangements.”

InnoVida had not even provided an independently audited financial report that is normally a requirement for such applications. This requirement, however, was waived. On the basis of the Clinton connection, InnoVida’s application was fast-tracked and approved in two weeks.

The company, however, defaulted on the loan and never built any houses. An investigation revealed that Osorio had diverted company funds to pay for his Miami Beach mansion, his Maserati, and his Colorado ski chalet. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in 2013, and is currently serving a twelve-year prison term on fraud charges related to the loan.

Several Clinton cronies showed up with Bill to a 2011 Housing Expo that cost more than $2 million to stage. Bill Clinton said it would be a model for the construction of thousands of homes in Haiti. In reality, no homes have been built. A few dozen model units were constructed but even they have not been sold. Rather, they are now abandoned and have been taken over by squatters.

—snip—


59 posted on 12/27/2018 5:30:51 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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Haitian children destitute after earthquake---Chelsea at her $3 million wedding.


60 posted on 12/27/2018 5:39:32 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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