Posted on 07/19/2007 11:12:44 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
HOW SELFISH of me not to have noticed. I had absolutely no idea that Arnold Schwarzenegger was so hard up. He's practically the Oliver Twist of governors. He's so needy that there's a charity devoted almost exclusively to helping him out.
Thanks to that charity, the California State Protocol Foundation, our governor does not face the dehumanizing prospect of sleeping in a single at a Sheraton when he travels overseas. Instead, he can repose in a four-star, four-figure hotel suite. Nor does he have to suffer the torments of the damned by flying commercial to get there — he can zoom off in a Gulfstream IV, or G IV to frequent fliers.
I'd love to be able to thank by name, right on this page, each and every one of the people who gave these generous handouts to our governor, but they're too modest to reveal their identities. Whoever they are, I'm sure they all have the same middle name: "Chutzpah."
There are charities, wonderful charities, dedicated to the homeless, the sick, the hungry, to children, animals and trees. A fund for millionaires using the name "charity" just risks giving all charities a bad name. (Why haven't you heard Democrats caterwauling about this? Because Schwarzenegger isn't alone. Politicians of all stripes love these nonprofits, which are sometimes nothing more than political slush funds without the public reckoning.)
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It’ probably a non profit set up by him so he can right of his donations (maybe the only donor) and then have it pay or all his non deducable expenses.
It’s been around for several Governor’s. They put on the inaugural bashes too. I have saved several of the coveted lapel pins that get you in anywhere those evenings. (of course they change the color each time so you can’t reuse them from year to year)
This is the worst of all possible regulatory structures. Donors are allowed to write off contributions to politicians against their taxes, donate unlimited amounts, and keep themselves anonymous.
Just make political giving unregulated other than requiring disclosure of the givers name, source of the funds, and amount or nature of the contribution.
I agree.
Are you running for office anytime soon? : )
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