Posted on 07/13/2015 3:47:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
In laying out her economic vision for the country, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton attacked banks and Wall Street, and advocated for a less complicated tax code in which the rich pay their “fair share.” But a look at donors to her 2008 campaign paint a different picture, one in which she is quite cozy with the country’s uber-wealthy.
In April, just before her first campaign kick-off, the Center for Public Integrity released “12 things you need to know about Hillary Clinton.” In their list, they point out that her “top 2008 presidential donors generally came from four places: K Street, Park Avenue, Broadway and a certain neighborhood where Brenda, Brandon, Kelly and Dylan grew up during the 1990s.” (90210, or Beverly Hills, for the uninitiated.”
CPI also reported that of Hillary’s top 10 donors, five were “employees of giant financial firms.”
Clinton, who famously claimed to have been “dead broke” when she and her husband left the White House in 2001, also loaned her 2008 campaign “more than half” of its $22.5 million debt when she conceded the race to Barack Obama. She finally retired that debt in 2013, and presumably paid herself back “through a variety of efforts, from peddling leftover trinkets to renting the personal information of its supporters.”
Entitlement Army to provide the votes.
Crony Capitalists to provide the dough.
It’s a winning Democrat strategy, at least for POTUS.
The Lear Jet Leftists expect to form the core of the global Green Inner Party. They will continue to enjoy the finest foods and most advanced gadgets the world has to offer — while deciding your fate for you.
If you work very hard and show them your unwavering loyalty you may be permitted to join the global Green Outer Party. You will be allowed occasional servings of meat - and air conditioning on a rationed basis.
The rest of us will eat insects and swelter – ‘for the common good’.
After seeing the clip of her berating the Evil Rich today, I will be sitting at the curb waiting for my check from Hillary and Bill,who want to share their wealth with me.
I thought the Clintons never picked up the bill.
It will be a long wait.
“Dead broke in 2000” when the Clintons left the White House... actually they left in January 2001.
Amazing she can claim this in an interview and not be called on the fact that in November 2008 she had been elected a U.S. senator from New York. And had she not also purchased a mansion beforehand to qualify as a NYS resident?
She didn't.
From the article:
" and presumably paid herself back “through a variety of efforts, from peddling leftover trinkets to renting the personal information of its supporters"
November 2000, that is, not November 2008.
“Felony” Clinton bump.
Ha! I knew it.
Like when they donated used underwear.
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